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I've been asked to spec out a new laptop for a development machine. This my idea, anyone have other ideas or input? 2+ Ghz dual core 64bit 2 GB RAM 100 GB hard drive DVD Drive Dual monitor capable Wireless 54g or n Bluetooth The plan is for this mechine to ready to develop anything from a simple website to enterprise ready data crunching apps.

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Nish Nishant

A high quality Tier 2 Video Card.

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Maximilien

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

A high quality Tier 2 Video Card.

Is there a corpo-english translator out there ? What the heck does that mean ??? or you simple meant to say get the best card available for the laptop ?

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Ravi Bhavnani

I'd add the following:

4M cache (vs. 2M)
7200 rpm drive (size matters much less than speed)

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Good points

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Jim Crafton

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

(size matters much less than speed)

You get that a lot too, huh Ravi? :)

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David Knechtges

My laptop is just like that - one thing I didn't get that I wish I had was gigabit ethernet. So you might want to add that to your list. Also, regarding dual monitor support, if you have a spare machine you are not using, even a really old one, you could use Maxivista. I have used it and it works great on a 100 MB LAN. http://www.maxivista.com/[^] David

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Interesting

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Ravi Bhavnani

Jim Crafton wrote:

You get that a lot too, huh Ravi?

:-D /ravi

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Jim Crafton wrote:

You get that a lot too, huh Ravi? :)

"that" means? Umm... those pills? :~

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Nish Nishant

Maximilien wrote:

Is there a corpo-english translator out there ? What the heck does that mean ??? or you simple meant to say get the best card available for the laptop ?

See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742196.aspx[^]

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