sorry ..... did your "you've got mail" wave file wake you up? hehehe :-D
Jeremy On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Conor Boyd <[email protected]>wrote: > Quite the opposite. > > We're all being so productive with our dual monitors that we've been too > busy to contribute any more. :-P > > C. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Coulter > *Sent:* Friday, 17 April 2009 2:25 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues > > its gone very quite all of a sudden....has everyone with dual monitors had > to go have a lie-down to rest their necks ? :-D > > Jeremy > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM, David Brennan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The 2 * 30 inch screens sounded too much to me too although obviously if >> it >> works for someone then go for it! >> >> With screens I find it is a bell curve, more is most definitely best, but >> only up to a point, then the extra space actually becomes distracting. >> With >> my 24" screen at work (screen #2, screen #1 is my laptop screen) I >> initially >> tried it vertical on the basis that I am writing/scrolling vertical lists >> of >> code but it was just huge... my eyes couldn't comfortably track up and >> down >> that large an angle. Left to right is less of an issue but even then get >> too >> many/too wide screens wrapped around and it just gets too hard to use the >> extreme left and rights. >> >> I haven't tried it but imagine 3 screens being the maximum I could use, >> one >> large one (eg 24" widescreen, probably no more) in centre, and two smaller >> ones (eg 19" 5x4 ratio) either side. >> >> My 2c. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Alister Christie >> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 11:24 a.m. >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues >> >> I think with 2 30 inch screens you'd get neck strain. I've heard of >> people having a 30 inch screen and two smaller screens rotated either >> side (so that their width matches the height of the big screen) - which >> means that you don't have a gap directly in front of you. >> >> I have a 26 inch screen at home and this was as large as I could justify >> to myself for the price. It has a 21 inch CRT beside it, but I haven't >> felt the need to use it for awhile (not doing much coding on that >> computer lately) >> >> Alister Christie >> Computers for People >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz >> PO Box 13085 >> Johnsonville >> Wellington >> >> >> >> Leigh Wanstead wrote: >> > If money is not an issue, I think two 30 inch lcd monitors is the way >> > to go ;-) >> > >> > I only got one at home to look at my photos. It is amazing. I used a >> > spyder to adjusted the color. I am programming c at home using gcc >> > which is great to look at everything on that 30inch lcd monitor. >> > >> > Have a nice day >> > >> > Regards >> > Leigh >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > *From:* [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]]*on Behalf Of *Kyley Harris >> > *Sent:* Friday, 17 April 2009 9:55 a.m. >> > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues >> > >> > id never work on that little thing.. dvd player.. I have a Quad >> > Core with 2 22" montiors running 1600x1050 >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Alister Christie >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > 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 >> > > <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>> 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 >> > >> < >> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas >> k> >> > > =view >> > > >> > >> < >> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas >> k%0A=view<http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas%0Ak%0A=view> >> > >> < >> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas >> k%0A=view<http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas%0Ak%0A=view> >> >> >> > > >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Stefan >> > > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > [mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>] 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: [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > [mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>] 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&; >> > >> <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&; >> > >> > > articleId=9130538 >> > > >> > >> < >> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A >> articleId=9130538<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A%0AarticleId=9130538> >> > >> < >> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A >> articleId=9130538>> >> > > >> > > >> > > Richard >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > [mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>>] >> > > 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 - 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