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Basildane22-Sep-16 6:58

Basildane

22-Sep-16 6:58

In that case - BROWN ALERT!!!

OriginalGriff22-Sep-16 7:16

22-Sep-16 7:16

Sir, are you sure? It does mean changing the bulb.

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dandy7222-Sep-16 8:31

dandy72

22-Sep-16 8:31

Red Dwarf...brought to you by the same people that came up with Doctor Who. Which I gave more than a fair chance but completely failed to grab my interest (IMNSHO).

OriginalGriff22-Sep-16 8:43

22-Sep-16 8:43

If Dalek Dave was still reading this, I'd tell you that it was because Red Dwarf was for adults, but Dr Who is a children's program. Laugh | :laugh:

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dandy7222-Sep-16 9:08

dandy72

22-Sep-16 9:08

Oh, is that what's wrong with it...

Mark_Wallace22-Sep-16 9:24

Mark_Wallace

22-Sep-16 9:24

dandy72 wrote:
the same people that came up with Doctor Who

I imagine that they all retired years, if not decades, ago.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Joe Woodbury22-Sep-16 9:11

Joe Woodbury

22-Sep-16 9:11

That last one was excruciatingly bad.

OriginalGriff22-Sep-16 10:18

22-Sep-16 10:18

The first episode of the new series started well, but has dropped off a bit by the ad break.

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Its time to buy a new development machine

SteveTheThread22-Sep-16 22:46

SteveTheThread

22-Sep-16 22:46

And a series 12 is planned next year too.

Andrew Torrance22-Sep-16 5:17

22-Sep-16 5:17

So I dont spend my own money that often on development machines . But its that time again. Every time I end up trawling through lots of sites comparing who has the best machines at the moment . I have no preference for laptop or desktop but want lots of power , a fair size SSD and a quiet machine . My budget I hear you ask ? Probably up to £2000 but maybe a bit more . No monitor needed . Does anyone have any current recommendations ?

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Rage22-Sep-16 5:27

Rage

22-Sep-16 5:27

Andrew Torrance wrote:
£2000

How many machine do you need ?

ZurdoDev22-Sep-16 5:30

ZurdoDev

22-Sep-16 5:30

They want a gold plated one.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Andrew Torrance22-Sep-16 5:34

22-Sep-16 5:34

I would like to get it as cheap as possible , but the way that VAT works if I pay over £2000 I can claim the VAT back . (20%) So I set it at that to see what I can get for my wonga.

W∴ Balboos, GHB22-Sep-16 6:29

W∴ Balboos, GHB

22-Sep-16 6:29

But if you spend that much the money's gone. How much VAT will you save to subsidize what appears to be the most amazing overspending?

Ravings en masse^
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Andrew Torrance22-Sep-16 9:21

22-Sep-16 9:21

If I spend £1666 I dont get a penny back . If I spend £2000 I get £332 back .Since a lot of good machines are £1200 and upwards I thought I would say £2000 to see what corkers came out of the woodwork.

ColinBurnell22-Sep-16 20:54

ColinBurnell

22-Sep-16 20:54

Unless you need fancy graphics or something more esoteric, even £1200 sounds excessive.
You can get a pretty decent workstation for 700 to 800 quid, add a decent SSD and call it £900 to £1000; forget the VAT and save yourself 600 to 700 notes.

lopatir24-Sep-16 11:00

lopatir

24-Sep-16 11:00

Buy 3 at 700 each, call it a private cloud - 3X the fun and can claim.

You say for dev, go desktop:
if you want descent multi mon (multi 4k?)
better CPU/GPU (lappies either cut down C/GPU or they run hotter then a toaster),
less native USB & and lousy multi SSD support.

Or 2 X desktop, 1 X lap as a "cloud"

OriginalGriff22-Sep-16 5:29

22-Sep-16 5:29

Andrew Torrance wrote:
No monitor needed

If you don't want a monitor, then I'd eliminate lappies immediately.
Hope that helps!

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Andrew Torrance22-Sep-16 5:31

22-Sep-16 5:31

Mark_Wallace22-Sep-16 9:27

Mark_Wallace

22-Sep-16 9:27

Or a lappie for £1999 and a quid for a screwdriver.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

stoneyowl222-Sep-16 5:31

stoneyowl2

22-Sep-16 5:31

I currently have 2 Gigabyte Brix Pros:
Small footprint (mounts on back of monitor using VESA mount
Intel core 7 CPU, Intel Iris Pro graphics
Comes with no HD - I have 2 1TB SSD inside
Wifi, Bluetooth, 4 USB ports, HDMI port, others (check specs)
No memory, I have 16GB in each
Bought mine from NewEgg
Advantages: small footprint; very quiet, unless the CPU is stressed
Cons: only 4 USB ports (2 2.0, 2 3.0) - everything is external (4 TB HD)

Vincent Maverick Durano22-Sep-16 5:36

Vincent Maverick Durano

22-Sep-16 5:36

Does it comes with Windows 10? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

stoneyowl222-Sep-16 6:14

stoneyowl2

22-Sep-16 6:14

Nope - empty machine, you put whatever you want on it.
What, you don't have .iso files of all windows OSes, Linux, and MS-DOS archived?

Joan M22-Sep-16 7:00

Joan M

22-Sep-16 7:00

In case you move sometimes, a good laptop (lenovo t460p/s or better) with great specs and a proper docking station and you'll be able to use it wherever you need it.