Comments on: Dream PC for Software Developer

By: tihopilik

tihopilik — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:11:37 +0000

Hello

I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don’t have anything to say recently.

Bye

By: Nick Halstead

Nick Halstead — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:28:01 +0000

Strange, you talk about overclocking etc but yet you say you do not want it for games. I would never risk overclocking a development purely from the point of reliability. In terms of productiveness an extra 10% processing power is not going to make me code any faster or make any IDE perceptably faster.

On the matter of dual monitors I would say with the price of LCD coming down at breakneck speed that 24inch 1920×1200 monitors are now attainable. Ive got a Dell 24inch and I definitely do not need a second monitor.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 13 May 2007 02:46:03 +0000

Are they very technologically forward, or they will get old in a few months/year already?

By: vvs

vvs — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:11:04 +0000

“Laura” . You can’t go wrong with the Core 2 Duo CPUs. The budget versions (Core 2 Duo E4300) cost just around $100+. The 4xxx series is a little bit slower then 6xxx series (800Mhz vs 1066Mhz), but for all practical reasons even the cheapest Core 2 Duo CPUs are more than enough…

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:40:39 +0000

I’m thinking of upgrading my processor. I need something not too expensive, nevertheless something that will work pretty well and not too slow. What do you reccomend?

By: Sakuraba

Sakuraba — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:48:32 +0000

Mac Pro + 30′ Cinema Display is muuuuuuuuuuuuch better.

and by far more expensive

By: vvs

vvs — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:57:36 +0000

Dmitri, that’s right! I tried software RAID under Linux and it was so painful that I completely discarded _any_ software RAID. With software RAID I managed to destroy my data much faster then with unprotected bare hard drive….

By: Dmitri Trembovetski

Dmitri Trembovetski — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:50:34 +0000

With Solaris’ ZFS you won’t need HW RAID..

Dmitri

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:06:17 +0000

Yeah…I also build my own PCs (been doing so for the last 10 years or so). The modularity of a custom built PC makes upgrading components much easier, and cheaper.

By: vvs

vvs — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:57:59 +0000

John, and these are online prices, they are significantly lower then prices in local stores. So, in local stores, for 1000Euro I can buy significantly less performant PC, built with cheapest parts. I did it once, and regret it to this day, and this time I’m going to build everything myself…