Most devs that move to a SSD love them. Whenever I've opted for a faster machine it's always been well worth the money, there's not a chance your overdoing it. Make sure you have multiple monitors also, at least two.
It's in the top 4 of programmers priorities, so says Hanselman. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ It's an easy sell to the business because it makes you more productive meaning your solving more customer problems hence your company makes more money. Do it now! :) *Michael Ridland | ThinkSmart Digital* Managing Director P. 0404 865 350 E. [email protected] W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au T. www.twitter.com/rid00z L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland <http://au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking of getting a gaming laptop for development purposes. I'll be > doing lots of SQL Analysis Server Cube processing and want something with > grunt. > > The one at the top of the list currently is the MSI GT 680 at approx $2k. > > The primary reason I'm thinking of using a gaming laptop is the sheer power > of the CPU coupled with a RAID0 striped SSD combo and upto 16GB as future > proofing. > > I've used VS2010 for two years now and frankly I've yet to see it perform > well on any business machine I've used. I figure that it's just time to > bite the bullet and get a machine designed for more. > > Can anybody comment on whether think I'm just overspending. > > -- > regards, > Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland >
