i would also vote for the MBP ... and you can install vmware or parallels and run MSSQL (along with all the tools) within a virtualization instance... and yes... there are awesome db tools available for MSSQL ...
Razor: http://www.razorsql.com/download_mac.html DB Solo2: http://www.dbsolo.com/download.html my personal favorite is Aqua Data Studio: http://www.aquafold.com/downloads.html On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I wouldn't be adverse to this, but I think we probably want to avoid the > expense of a full MBP, plus we only use SQL Server and there's no tools for > the Mac, for MSSQL are there? > > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wil Genovese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:09 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: (ot) Best development laptop > > For myself I switched to a MacBook Pro back in February. It runs fast > without crashing and can easily handle CF8 64bit Dev edition, PostgreSQL > 8.xx DB server, CfEclipse, and all my other apps including iTunes playing > music at the same time. All this on a 2.2Ghz Intel Duo CPU and 2Gb RAM. I > have no slow downs or hangs even when checking code in and out of my SVN. > > For me Mac does it all better and faster. > > > Wil Genovese > > One man with courage makes a majority. > -Andrew Jackson > > A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. > > On Sep 26, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Greg Morphis wrote: > > > I use a Dell D630 2Ghz intel core 2 duo processor, 2 GB of RAM for > > work. It could use another gig of RAM to make it sweeter but it's not > > bad at all. > > I run multiple instances of Toad, IE, Firefox, Eclipse, CF > > (development), at times add Dreamweaver to that list.. all with no > > problems. > > At home I have a Lenovo 1.8GHz intel core 2 duo with 4 GB of RAM, I > > dual boot Windows Vista and Linux (Kubuntu 8.04). It's an awesome > > machine. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Andy Matthews > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's been suggested that the dev dept at our company (of which I am a > >> part) get rid of our desktop machines and replace them with laptops. > >> I'd like to run it past you guys and see what you thought about good, > >> beefy development machines. Here's a partial list of the things that > >> would need to run on each machine: > >> > >> * 2-4 concurrent instances of JVM (and ColdFusion) - a "sites" > >> instance, a "control panel" instance for our current code, and a > >> sites, and control instance for a new set of code we're developing. > >> * Eclipse with mutliple projects, each containing potentially > >> thousands of files > >> * Flex > >> * In at least my case, Photoshop and Flash CS3. > >> * Any number of business style apps (outlook, browsers, office apps, > >> etc.) > >> > >> Can any of you recommend high quality laptops that meet these > >> criteria? We'd probably also be getting external monitors as well, > >> but that's a little easier to define. I'd just like input from you > >> guys as I'm sure that SOME of you are using laptops as your primary > >> machines. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313155 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4