On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
Easy hey? Never had any luck with this myself > 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 > > 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 > > > > >
