Re: Developer PC spec

[Wallace Turner]

This is my summary from msinfo32. I upgraded by buying just the cpu/ram/mboard. This cost $800 about 6 months ago. Insist on an SSD for your primary (OS) drive. On 24/01/2011 8:22 AM, Leah Garrett wrote:   Has anyone spec’ed out a new developer PC recently? Or got any advice?   We have a new IT team so I am now able to upgrade my PC! I will also be getting an MSDN subscription and will be able to choose my OS.     Current setup is Windows XP on an older PC. I develop web sites that run on Windows 2003 server. On my desktop I usually run ·         Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition ·         SQL Server Management Studio ·         Paint .Net (although I would also install Adobe Creative Suite on the new machine) ·         Remote Desktop to development server always open and to live server occasionally ·         Multiple browsers with dev tools installed ·         Microsoft Virtual PC for cross browser testing   My preference would be to have a specification that would a significant upgrade without scaring the guy who has to authorize the purchase (he has not told me how much I can spend).     Cheers, 8-) Leah Garrett Web Developer   D'FINE/CREATIVE:-D 42-44 Stephenson Street Richmond VIC 3121 Phone: (03) 8561 7474  Direct: (03) 8561 7472 E: leah.garr...@dfine.com.au     -- Wallace Turner | General Manager IT FEX |  61 2 8024 5200  61 2 8024 5234 | |  w.tur...@fex.com.au  www.fex.com.au This correspondence is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient.