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I agree. If the choice is between:
more memory/bigger SSD with an i5
or:
less memory/smaller SSD with an i7
then go for the i5 option.
The processors these days are fast enough (certainly the i5) that the memory and disk bottlenecks are the biggest problems.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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MacBook Pro, Early 2011 edition, 15", 8GB RAM, 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 256 GB SSD.
I run Windows 8.1 Update 1 in VMWare Fusion.
If I could change anything, I would get more RAM.
Jon Sagara
Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.
-- George Carlin
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MacBook Air (11'), i7, 8GB RAM (disk minimum 256GB SSD)
+ Apple Thunderbolt Display 
SW: Virtual Box (this one is free and working perfectly)
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I got the XPS 15 with similar specs and that is amazing. What I like most about it is the display. My work laptop is a 2 year old i5 with a 256Gig SSD and I've never noticed a performance difference between the two. Everything runs just as fast on my 4 year old i7. If you get decent hardware these days, I don't think you can really go wrong.
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I'm 6'4" and I have big hands, so coding on a laptop is not an option for me. I use mine solely to go to client sites.
For my desktop I have 2 24" monitors, wireless keyboard & mouse... all the standard desktop enhancments. I also own a laptop and the once or twice I tried to work on it I gave up.
Unless you're going to plug in monitors & a keyboard/mouse, go with a desktop.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I got a new Latitude 7440 (I7, 8GB memory, 256 GB HDD, 1920x1080) a month ago. And I can say that I was positively surpriced by two things:
- Batterytime, it lasts for 6-8 hours of procrastination, which is quite a lot more than at the best two hours on my old one.
- The SSD is ten times faster than the SSD in my old laptop. And then it was still an even bigger wow feeling to get the SSD on my old laptop.
Downsides:
- Came without DVD, and has only three USB connectors spaced out so that I can't use the external DVD that needs the power from two USB connectors
- Has text size set to a default of 120DPI, which is utterly stupid, because it means that the local IIS renders all text in images and such likes to 125% of the normal size. Fixed it through a registry setting.
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Just get anything, .Net dev is not that hard on machines (particularly if you don't use VS), so ergonomics and a good display are the most important things.
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I think that would do it.
Also, I would search - there have been multitudes of threads.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Well, if they didn't keep pigs in the most unsanitary (and not to mention cruel) environments for these meat "factories", then maybe these diseases wouldn't become so rampant. Then again, maybe when a good sized hurricane hits the Atlantic seaboard and dumps millions of tons of pig sh*t[^] into the water and people start to get sick, someone will finally take notice. Or read this article[^]. We need to be thinking about where our food is coming from and making better choices.
Marc
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Actually, as far as I'm concerned the real problem is the over population of earth. But how do you solve that?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Actually, as far as I'm concerned the real problem is the over population of earth. But how do you solve that?
Genocide.
Next question...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It'll happen soon enough.
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Perhaps A Modest Proposal[^] would solve both problems?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Sounds reasonable!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Took me a little while to find it[^].
But it implies that the modest proposal isn't really fully satisfying.
Now excuse me while I'm being a little sick.
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Quote: Actually, as far as I'm concerned the real problem is the over population of earth
And with less bacon people will be living longer now too. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: But how do you solve that?
Sell virus-infected bacon to horny young American males...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Plenty of wild feral hogs available here in Texas.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Perhaps if a bounty was provided for each feral hog shot, butchered and given to a needy family or facility where it could be used to feed those in need, there may be more people willing to shoot them.
Not sure what the bounty would be, but it's a thought...
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Well clearly, bacon!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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If only anyone would allow people to hunt them. . . .
I wanted to while I lived there, could only find people who wanted me to pay them to help eradicate their vermin problems. Seems a bit backward.
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