18", 8Gb RAM and 8 Cores for me, but I am impressed that they are try to court the developer community. A Redhat version is also in the works.
Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bagyenda" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2012 10:45:23 AM Subject: Re: [LUG] Dell and Ubuntu We'll, at least for me, switching between keyboard form factors is too much trouble, so I stick to one machine (laptop) even when in office. Because of the real estate issues, no Mac Air for me thank you. When I need the extra VMs and/or screen size, there a two-headed iMac 20" that does the trick nicely. Cloud is a no-no because connectivity is too often an issue: We do quite a bit of work for telcos, and their networks will usually filter out most traffic. I've been to offices where gmail access is not permitted! Not to mention ISP troubles here... P. On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:37, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: > Good points. 13" is small, even with HD. But do you not connect this > to a bigger screen when you are in the office? At the same time I see > a lot of developers running around with a MacBook Air..... Doesn't > seem to be different. > > Hard Disk: Cloud is the way to go. My hard disk is empty these days..... > > V > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> wrote: >> My Sentiments Exactly! And am not even a core developer... >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Colour me hard-to-please but really I think not. >>> 1. 13" is far too small. Your average developer these days likes a bit >>> more screen real estate because they have many windows open at a time >>> (browser windows on a couple of reference documents, multiple source >>> windows, etc). 15" is at the lower limit in my view, 17" would be good, but >>> then the laptops tend to be heavy. >>> 2. 4GB of RAM! Again from what I have seen, developers tend to run VMs >>> from time to time, to test how things work in other environments (say for >>> example how a site renders in IE8). Run your typical Windows VM in 4GB and >>> see what happens. >>> 3. Hard drive too small. Most people I know will have filled that with the >>> music they listen to as they work. >>> >>> Slapping Ubuntu on this aint nearly enough. >>> >>> P. >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 09:44, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: >>> >>>> Is this the developer Linux dream machine? >>>> >>>> http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/sputnik.aspx >>>> >>>> V >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>> >>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>> >>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>> attachments if any). 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