hehe.... i knew that bit was gonna catch a mac person's attention :) On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:47 PM, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Andy, > > Could you expand on the small apps that you need? I am just curious as > to what they are. I made the switch back in Feb and have found that > 99% of my needs have been met... the 1% is for TortoiseSVN :-) > > > > J.J. > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > @Jochem...unlikely that we'd have all 4 concurrent, but it's possible. > > Probably not for long periods of time though. Mostly working from desks, > but > > I would be doing graphics work ala Photoshop and Flash, and screen real > > estate is of crucial importance. I'd rather deal with the additional > weight, > > and size, of a 17" laptop than have to deal with a smaller screen. > > > > @Jim/JJ...we could ask for MBPs (whether we get them or not, I'm not > sure). > > I will say that I'm considering it, but will likely stick with a PC > because > > of several small, but crucial, features that a PC has which OSX does not. > > > > We'll proably be going with high end Dell XPS or Alienware machines. > We'll > > see though. > > > > Thanks to everyone for their input. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:51 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: (ot) Best development laptop > > > > Andy Matthews wrote: > >> It's been suggested that the dev dept at our company (of which I am a > > part) get rid of our desktop machines and replace them with laptops. I'd > > like to run it past you guys and see what you thought about good, beefy > > development machines. > > > > How mobile is your team? Will they actually take their laptops somewhere > or > > will they just remain on a desk? If they are meant to be portable, don't > go > > beyond a 15.4" screen (and that is bad enough already). > > > > > >> Here's a partial list of the things that would need to run on each > > machine: > >> > >> * 2-4 concurrent instances of JVM (and ColdFusion) - a "sites" instance, > a > > "control panel" instance for our current code, and a sites, and control > > instance for a new set of code we're developing. > > > > 4 concurrent instances is a lot. I may have 12 JRun and 2 JBoss instances > on > > my laptop, but I never run more then 2 at the same time. > > > > > >> Can any of you recommend high quality laptops that meet these criteria? > > > > If you want quality nothing beats a Lenovo Thinkpad. They have plenty of > > models that meet your performance requirements. > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
