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.
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> On 24/01/2011 8:22 AM, Leah Garrett wrote:
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> Has anyone spec’ed out a new developer PC recently? Or got any advice?
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> 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.
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> 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
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> ·         Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition
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> ·         SQL Server Management Studio
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> ·         Paint .Net (although I would also install Adobe Creative Suite
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> ·         Remote Desktop to development server always open and to live
> server occasionally
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> ·         Multiple browsers with dev tools installed
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> ·         Microsoft Virtual PC for cross browser testing
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> 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).
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> Cheers,
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> *Leah Garrett*
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