SSD drive as primary drive sounds like a great idea! From what I have read, it would definitely give the dramatic improvement I am looking for with this new PC.
Which OS do you suggest? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:09 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Developer PC spec Absolutely !! Load times are significantly better. Just bought a new OZX drive the other day (mainly for VM's) |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Price |Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:04 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Developer PC spec | |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] |<mailto:[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. |
