Yeah, it's funny to see devs talk about their beefy 4-12 core machine, when most of them would benefit much more from an SSD. Particular interesting to Dave might be the new SATA2.0 (3 Gbit/s) Intel X25-M G2 120GB priced around US$250. Dumping price probably in preparation for their next-gen SATA3.0 (6 Gbit/s) SSD's.
On Nov 22, 3:26 pm, Steven Siebert <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 SSD > > Dropped my build times from over 4 min to 14 seconds on the same platform. > Your results might vary, but it was well worth the investment. > > S > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Generally a bad time to buy new hardware, since Intel's next CPU > > architecture (Sandy Bridge) is only 1-2 months away (as is their next > > generation SSD drives). Whatever you get, be sure to opt for SSD - > > makes everything faster while consuming less power while being > > completely quiet. > > > On Nov 22, 3:10 pm, Dave Patterson > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My workhorse PC has passed the end of it's upgrade life so I'm in the > > > market for a new machine. I'm running ubuntu at the moment and I'd > > > like to keep it that way. I consider myself a generalist but most of > > > my day-to-day work is java and JEE. I don't mind doing a home build if > > > that's going to get me some extra grunt but I'm way out of the loop on > > > current thinking. Do the posse group folks have any opinions on the > > > current sweet spots for CPU, disk and memory + any pitfalls or > > > bargains I should look out for? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Dave Patterson > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
