I've never understood that with companies that prefer to waste money in people hours rather than buy cheap hardware. Different budgets I assume
On 10 October 2011 18:56, DotNet Dude <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
