Are people going with SSD hard drives for their desktop machines these days? (not just laptop drives)
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Wallace Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > -- > Wallace Turner | General Manager IT > FEX | 61 2 8024 5200 61 2 8024 5234 | | [email protected] > 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. > >
