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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Alister Christie < alis...@salespartner.co.nz> wrote: > except you'd go blind if you had to do any real dev work on because of > the small screen. I now plug an external 24 inch screen into my laptop > for a similar reason (fewer headaches). The laptop does have a 17 inch > screen but at 1920x1200 things are a bit small. I remember when I was > first programming in Delphi on a 14 (maybe it was 15) inch monitor - my > how things have changed. > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > > > Kyley Harris wrote: > > I have one of those $500 Asus EEE computers that runs windows XP on > > 256MB of ram, and a 4GB SSD.. takes 25seconds to boot up.. way faster > > than any other laptop.. still has 120mb free ram and 1gb of disk > > space.. I plug a USB hdd into it and its great. battery life is awesome > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Stefan Mueller > > <muell...@orcl-toolbox.com <mailto:muell...@orcl-toolbox.com>> wrote: > > > > I am also keeping my eyes open for SSD .. those drives should be > > able to > > improve compile speeds drastically ... they have close to no > > seek-times and > > manage to read thousands of small files at high speed. > > > > I probably go with one of the PCIe cards coming out soon (like OCZ > > Z-Drive, > > or PhotoFast Monster) if the price is ok. PCIe cards have the > > advantage that > > they get over the 300MBps (theoretical) limit that SATA-II has. > > > > The OCZ Vertex-II drive also looks promising: > > > http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task > > =view > > < > http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task%0A=view > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Stefan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] On > > Behalf Of Ross Levis > > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:56 > > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > > Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues > > > > I'm looking forward to larger cheaper solid state drives which > > last up to > > 100 years, replacing hard drives which fail every few years. 10+ > > times > > faster than a hard drive. I've heard a PC with one of these > > drives can boot > > Windows XP in 4 seconds. > > > > Prices will get below US$2 per GB this year. It's still out of my > > price > > range, but I'm considering upgrading my laptop's hard drive to a > 240GB > > SanDisk drive later this year. > > http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8040 > > > > Ross. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] On > > Behalf Of Richard Bullin > > Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:15 p.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues > > > > I'm not really sure if 300mb classifies Delphi as a memory hog if you > > look at getting one of the below computers with 192GB of ram, I > > foresee > > a surge in lazy programmers :) > > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&; > > articleId=9130538 > > < > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0AarticleId=9130538 > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz> > > [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz>] > > On Behalf Of Alister Christie > > Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:01 p.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues > > > > Currently I'm on 254MB. > > > > Close Delphi - 0MB > > Open Delphi - 11MB > > Open Project - 71MB > > Compile - 154MB (peaking at around 170MB) > > Open a Project with modeling support - 215MB > > > > And the numbers just keep going up from there the more you do. > > > > I think it's fair to say that it is a bit of a memory hog. Although > I > > have 6 chrome processes running currently eating up a total of 155MB. > > > > I guess we could turn this into a discussion of who is running the > > most > > memory hungry App and/or instance of Delphi currently? > > (Currently Jeremy leads at 307MB) > > > > Alister Christie > > Computers for People > > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > > PO Box 13085 > > Johnsonville > > Wellington > > > > > > > > Jeremy Coulter wrote: > > > Does anyone else get issues with BDS.exe (delphi 2007) using a > > HEAP of > > > > > memory? > > > at the moment its sitting on 307mb of mem usage ! > > > > > > Admittedly my current machine only has 2GB (new machine has been > > > ordered....YAY) but seriously, thats HEAPS. > > > In saying that, I notic that FireFox is sitting on 131mb too. > > > > > > just wondered if this is a common issue, and if there is a > > solution to > > > > > it or not. > > > > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with > > Subject: unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: > > unsubscribe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: > > unsubscribe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: > > unsubscribe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz> > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz > > <mailto:delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz> with Subject: unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kyley Harris > > Harris Software > > +64-21-671-821 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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