I'm going to use SSD's This particular model has space for 2 drives in ROAD 0 combo, so I'm thinking of a couple of 64gb in a stripe and then possible upgradfe to 120 or 240's next year, but leave most of the rest of storage on a USB3 external.
On 10 October 2011 16:49, Michael Ridland <rid...@gmail.com> 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. > > Do it now! :) > > *Michael Ridland | ThinkSmart Digital* > Managing Director > P. 0404 865 350 > E. mich...@thinksmartdigital.com.au > W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au > T. www.twitter.com/rid00z > L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland > > > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland> > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Preet Sangha <preetsan...@gmail.com>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
