What is good configuration of a laptop for a .NET programmer?
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
buy a core 2 due processor with 1Gb ram, and 80Sata hard disk hope will serve your purpose.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
you need two gig if you're going to run Vista.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
You need at least 2gb of ram, 7200rpm hard-drive >= 120gb, Dual-core is a must, but an AMD processor may take care of your needs. I would definitely go for discrete graphics. A mobile GForce 8600 or even a 8400 should take care of most gaming needs. I would try to pack all this into a 15.4 inch notebook with at least a 1440x900 screen. HP makes some nice well equipped notebooks for a reasonable price, check around with all the major laptop vendors to see what they offer for the price.
Word, write letters and sh*t yo.
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you need two gig if you're going to run Vista.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
For XP 1GB is enough.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
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For XP 1GB is enough.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
It might be enough, but unless he plans on purchasing more ram in six months he might as well go for 2gb now.
Word, write letters and sh*t yo.
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For XP 1GB is enough.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
Yes, but unless you ask for it, you get Vista by default now
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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It might be enough, but unless he plans on purchasing more ram in six months he might as well go for 2gb now.
Word, write letters and sh*t yo.
I hope microsoft won't publish any version newer than 2008 before 2010. Isn't it? So my current purpose will satisfy 1gb
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Yes, but unless you ask for it, you get Vista by default now
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
i like XP because vista needs more graphics
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I hope microsoft won't publish any version newer than 2008 before 2010. Isn't it? So my current purpose will satisfy 1gb
hogan.john wrote:
I hope microsoft won't publish any version newer than 2008 before 2010.
No may be by 2008 a new version of VS 2009 may be released we don't know.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
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i like XP because vista needs more graphics
Its enough to go for XP itslef.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
I bought a laptop for the same purpose about a month ago. A DELL Inspiron 1501. My configuration is AMD X2 1800 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HDD. I got the N series model (with no preinstalled OS) and threw XP on it. It runs VS 05 like a dream. I am eager to see how it will go along with VS 08. (That's exactlty why chose 2 GB RAM instead f 1 GB).
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
Not sure if a dual core processor drastically improves performance, but by all means, go for 2 GB of RAM.
Cheers, Vikram.
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I bought a laptop for the same purpose about a month ago. A DELL Inspiron 1501. My configuration is AMD X2 1800 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HDD. I got the N series model (with no preinstalled OS) and threw XP on it. It runs VS 05 like a dream. I am eager to see how it will go along with VS 08. (That's exactlty why chose 2 GB RAM instead f 1 GB).
I saw a good blog post about just this topic the other day... Basically make sure you get (at least) a 7200rpm hard disc and as much RAM as you can... Then if you've still got money left over upgrade the CPU. Dual core is good! I personally use XP with 4GB RAM, 7200RPM disc and a AMD Athlon X2 3800+ and it flies! http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/01/tip-trick-hard-drive-speed-and-visual-studio-performance.aspx[^]
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For XP 1GB is enough.
SSK. Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
Vri SSK wrote:
For XP 1GB is enough.
Not if you install SQL Server.
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
Consider a larger disk and more memory - then try out virtualization. Having a testbed Windows (of whatever version you need) image that you can test install and run your programs on (and then roll back whatever happened during the test, leaving the image ready for next test session) is worth every cent it costs in terms of hard disk and memory space... For virtualization, use whatever you feel most at home with (MS or vmware). I use vmware currently, but as I'm moving to a new Vista laptop (160GB HD, 4GB RAM), I'll first try out the latest MS stuff. I can't stress enough how valuable it is to have a testbed (or several with different configs) to run your own (or other) software in without affecting your development environment. It just ROCKS! /Peter
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I saw a good blog post about just this topic the other day... Basically make sure you get (at least) a 7200rpm hard disc and as much RAM as you can... Then if you've still got money left over upgrade the CPU. Dual core is good! I personally use XP with 4GB RAM, 7200RPM disc and a AMD Athlon X2 3800+ and it flies! http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/01/tip-trick-hard-drive-speed-and-visual-studio-performance.aspx[^]
Not sure what to think of the processor you have, the Athlon X2 3800+. I like AMD, but is Athlon really suited for laptops? Aren't overheating and power consumption (hence low battery life) a problem?
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You need at least 2gb of ram, 7200rpm hard-drive >= 120gb, Dual-core is a must, but an AMD processor may take care of your needs. I would definitely go for discrete graphics. A mobile GForce 8600 or even a 8400 should take care of most gaming needs. I would try to pack all this into a 15.4 inch notebook with at least a 1440x900 screen. HP makes some nice well equipped notebooks for a reasonable price, check around with all the major laptop vendors to see what they offer for the price.
Word, write letters and sh*t yo.
I would stress CQ's point about hard-disk speed - Vista will work much more efficiently with a high-speed disk
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Hi all, I want to buy a laptop. My purpose is to run .NET 2005 or 2008 with Sql server 2005, play games and surf internet. Is it a combination of Dual core processor, 1 GB Ram, 80 GB SATA Hard disk will serve my purpose? Do I need to buy a Core 2 Due processor? The price difference is high to both of those processors. Don’t think I am a miser. I don’t have much money. Regards, Hogan
I recommend you to read this blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/01/tip-trick-hard-drive-speed-and-visual-studio-performance.aspx[^]
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