Russel Madere wrote: > I'm getting a small windfall soon (Thanks FEMA, you thought my desktop > was expensive) and want to buy a new laptop for development. I prefer > Dell because I'm a certified first level tech with them (it didn't > take much). I want to run IIS, MySQL, ColdFusion Developer edition > and PERL. > > Can someone suggest specs?
How good are your eyes? Although it is getting better, I still find it much preferable to run Windows with its default char size. Just too many applications that don't size their pop-ups properly and display only half the text when the size is not default. So I would highly recommend to tailor the pixel and physical size of the screen to your eyes instead of tinkering with windows. And there is a huge difference between 15" screen with 1024*768 or a 15" screen with 1400*1050. After that, get at least 1 GB of RAM. CF is a resource hog, IIS is a resource hog and most IDE's are. And if you want to run virtual machines, you might just jump to 1.5 GB immediately. The rest is pretty much standard. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192379 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
