thats a good idea Conor. Didnt think of that :-) Jeremy
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Conor Boyd <[email protected]>wrote: > For testing on "slower" PCs, here's one thought of mine. > > I use VirtualPC for doing a lot of testing. While I accept it's difficult > to quantify how much slower a VPC is rather than my desktop, it is most > definitely slower. Plus you have the ability to control the memory > available to the VPC. > > Using Virtual Server would probably give you even more control, since you > can throttle the processor availability for a VPC as well. > > As well as VirtualPC for testing on my dev box, I use virtual machines on a > Virtual Server for build PCs, etc. The change to the Delphi license a > couple of versions ago just made that scenario more legit. ;-) > > Cheers, > > C. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Coulter > *Sent:* Friday, 17 April 2009 10:46 a.m. > > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues > > I agree Kyley, you do need to re-invest in your Hardware....better you have > it than the taxman take your $$....but there is one thing that you need to > keep in mind. > Whilst your software runs at an amazing pace on your PC, the customer may > not have such a speedy machine and your software "may" run like a one legged > dog. > If you are developeing for a single client you can say ....go update your > hardware, but when developing for a mass-market (well as mass as you can get > in NZ) you may have people trying to run your kick-ass software on a PIII > 700 or something. > I always try to take this into consideration, and hence why I still ahve a > 3year old PC. If it flys on my machine I have written nice-ish tight code > and it will be fine on other PC's. > However, when customers have better machines than you, its time to do some > investment :-) Which is what I am doing at the moment. I just have to decide > what to get.....! > > As for 2 monitors, I tried that a few years back, but I have to say it just > annoyed me, so I have go back to a big single monitor. I guess its about > what works for me and I know others will say its mad, bit honestly it doenst > bother me having 1 monitor. > > Jeremy > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Sean Cross < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> If you want two monitors on a laptop, look at >> http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/ >> >> Personally I don't think I will go back to using a desktop any time soon. >> My combination of 24" monitor and 17" laptop works fine. Big screen for >> dev, small screen for email, word etc, >> >> Regards >> >> Sean Cross >> CIO >> Catalyst Risk Management >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Alister Christie >> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 10:20 a.m. >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues >> >> I'd like to plug 2 monitors into my laptop, but not supported - a 30 >> inch screen would be good to - but a bit expensive at the moment, plus >> it requires dual dvi (as far as I understand). I think I'll get a >> desktop for my next dev machine for just this reason. >> >> Alister Christie >> Computers for People >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz >> PO Box 13085 >> Johnsonville >> Wellington >> >> [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: >> unsubscribe >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: > unsubscribe >
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