I was actually starting to think this myself. I have a vm on my Azure (mainly so we can browse the Internet as they have a barbaric white listed proxy, but have a port open to azure) and I have it with ssd's and 7gb or ram. Worked out the automation so it shuts down during non working hours. Gives me a gruntier machine and extends the credit. Can even RDP to it from my iPad Pro and the MS RDP app is actually really good. Can toggle from touch mode to mouse. Starting to think local hardware is less needed. Stuff like mobile dev where you need your phone plugged into the computer might not be as easy. But am liking the remote vm. Still leaning towards local hardware overall though. For now.
Sent from Outlook<https://aka.ms/kr63o9> on iOS On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:52 PM -0700, "Tejas Goradia" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Just wondering, is it worth spending so much money on local computing? I wonder how many people are now using Amazon or Azure as an option vs buying best in the breed local computing power. Is 8gb, i5 environment not enough? On 29/10/2015 9:22 AM, "Tom Rutter" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Geez had a look and it gets expensive real quick On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Stephen Price <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've ordered mine. If the 1Tb version was available (no date on that has been released yet) I would have gotten that one. Shut up and take my money! Have disclosed said pre-order to my significant other, and I've successfully trained her to react with a simple eye roll. I'll likely "pay" for it later. :) It's a great feeling to not have to drool over Apple hardware and be embarrassed about being in the Microsoft camp. It would have been nice for the Surface Book to have come with Usb-C port(s) but given I don't actually yet have any devices, and how long it takes for devices to spring up, I can live with USB 3.0 for a while more. Exciting times! On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 at 08:49 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yeah - looks pretty nice, 512GB / i7/ 16GB for $4,199 AUD Compared to similar spec Lenovo ThinkPad W541 (no touch/pen/etc) $3,649.00 AUD (though I think the Lenovo is 5th Gen i7 not 6th Gen as in Surface Book?) Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts =========================================================== I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ =========================================================== From: DotNet Dude<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2015 5:18 PM To: ozDotNet<mailto:[email protected]> In case anyone here hasn't heard yet and is interested the new Surface Book will apparently be available in Oz on Nov 12th. Looks to be expensive though On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:10 AM, DotNet Dude <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I also read somewhere next version of Surface Pro likely to be announced oct 6 so anyone interested may want to wait to see what happens there On Thursday, 24 September 2015, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Microsoft are going to start offering Signature editions via their new stores in Aus (first one opening soon-ish in Sydney). They might offer the same online I guess, once the store opens. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2015 3:57 PM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop Any things to look out for if I buy direct from US? I've always purchased locally On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) <[email protected]> wrote: The Signature Editions are the exact same machines (HP, Lenovo, etc) BUT stripped bare of all the crapware.. From what I remember reading when Microsoft first started with them, it’s a clean windows install, with all the correct tweeks, drivers etc to get the most out of the hardware.. Here is a link to their US store: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/categoryID.69916600 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 2:11 PM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) <[email protected]> wrote: This is where Microsoft could really make a difference, if they would stop thinking about just the US and make the Signature Edition laptops/PCs available in Australia… Do they make them (or rebadge) ? If the former, whose their manufacturer? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Koster Sent: Friday, 28 August 2015 10:09 AM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop On 27 August 2015 at 19:28, <[email protected]> wrote: What’s peoples views on Lenovo ATM given there have been a few PR things happen in the last 12 months…? price v performance v reliability? Are you talking about Superfish? http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/ Consider how this could have happened and all the people who would have had to sign off on this. I'll let people make up their own minds about the competence and trustworthiness of Lenovo... -- Thomas Koster -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
