On 12 Jan 2013, at 00:25, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > I do quite a bit of software development and now I've picked up some > clients that would like me to travel rather frequently to meet them. > This has got me in the market for a new laptop, but I don't have a lot > of extra money right now. > My older laptop would be just fine except that it doesn't have the > power to run a modern full blown development environment. > The other problem with traveling with a laptop (especially a new one), > is that if it gets stolen you lose all your files. > Multiple Data Backup targets - local external backup (usb drive is common), backup often and a stolen laptop will not lose much, unless they also take the external backup. - DropBox, put your dev files in a DropBox folder and everything you do is synced. Every computer you log into will have the same files. It is very handy. - Full Online Backup: CrashPlan, Mozy, even dropbox could be a backup solution. Or roll your own with rsync and a remote server or S3 or even Glacier.
I have tried remote development and I just find it cumbersome. Developing locally is so much quicker and easier. Even if I have to provision a new laptop I would much prefer local than remote. That is my own preference though. I hope you find something that works for you. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
