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How old is your main development machine?

Survey period: 9 Sep 2019 to 15 Sep 2019

Even if you've replaced all the bits many times over, only count the date you purchased the initial unit.

OptionVotes% 
It's brand new474.63
Less than a year old10510.34
1 - 3 years old32932.41
3- 5 years old24524.14
5 - 7 years old15615.37
7 - 10 years old757.39
10 - 15 years old242.36
15 - 25 years old141.38
Over 25 years old80.79
I don't have a "main" work machine.121.18



 
GeneralNew Job, New Machine Pin
maze311-Sep-19 5:09
professionalmaze311-Sep-19 5:09 
Last place head IT took zero notice when filling out a inventory stock that my machine was 6+ years old, Win7 and the Dell model which takes a moment to check that it is not Win10 supported, the graphics chipset was not supported for Win10.

So what did they do, force overnight a Win10 upgrade, because it was listed as Win7. Not the previously expected result mentioned months before that it would be replaced with a new machine.

Come in. Oh, looks different. only 1 monitor working, odd?
Install driver, driver crashed. Reverting to windows basic display driver.
1 monitor helped focus. Good thing my job had no need for a dedicated graphics processor.
Okay, well I got work to crack on with.

Getting a new development machine was not on any list of requirements when I was changing companies, but looking down at a XPS 15 laptop, with some 16Gb ram, all of the CPUs, does help point out the slivers of time saved by speeding past.

Especially when adding in that Windows 10 complains about reboots once a week, where my Win7 could power through for 2 months before I considered rebooting for updates.

GeneralNot "main" machine... Pin
KLPounds10-Sep-19 10:03
KLPounds10-Sep-19 10:03 
GeneralWhat about not sure? Pin
agolddog10-Sep-19 7:10
agolddog10-Sep-19 7:10 
General"How old is it?" Pin
littleGreenDude10-Sep-19 6:49
littleGreenDude10-Sep-19 6:49 
GeneralThey got me a XEON Pin
W Balboos, GHB10-Sep-19 4:41
W Balboos, GHB10-Sep-19 4:41 
GeneralRe: They got me a XEON Pin
Nathan Minier13-Sep-19 1:02
professionalNathan Minier13-Sep-19 1:02 
GeneralRe: They got me a XEON Pin
W Balboos, GHB13-Sep-19 1:18
W Balboos, GHB13-Sep-19 1:18 
GeneralRe: They got me a XEON Pin
Nathan Minier13-Sep-19 2:03
professionalNathan Minier13-Sep-19 2:03 
GeneralRe: They got me a XEON Pin
W Balboos, GHB13-Sep-19 3:27
W Balboos, GHB13-Sep-19 3:27 
GeneralTeam just got an upgrade Pin
MadMyche10-Sep-19 4:25
professionalMadMyche10-Sep-19 4:25 
GeneralBetter question: how long do you keep your development machine Pin
obermd10-Sep-19 3:30
obermd10-Sep-19 3:30 
GeneralRe: Better question: how long do you keep your development machine Pin
Mark Starr10-Sep-19 4:06
professionalMark Starr10-Sep-19 4:06 
GeneralRe: Better question: how long do you keep your development machine Pin
kmoorevs10-Sep-19 17:30
kmoorevs10-Sep-19 17:30 
GeneralAnything after Haswell.. Pin
harold aptroot9-Sep-19 22:36
harold aptroot9-Sep-19 22:36 
GeneralDate of production or date of purchase? Pin
RJOberg9-Sep-19 4:04
professionalRJOberg9-Sep-19 4:04 
GeneralRe: Date of production or date of purchase? Pin
Rajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 17:52
professionalRajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 17:52 
GeneralRe: Date of production or date of purchase? Pin
kalberts9-Sep-19 22:44
kalberts9-Sep-19 22:44 
Generalcouple of years old. Pin
Maximilien9-Sep-19 3:15
Maximilien9-Sep-19 3:15 
GeneralOver 25 years old?! Pin
Rajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 3:00
professionalRajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 3:00 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
Slacker0079-Sep-19 3:17
professionalSlacker0079-Sep-19 3:17 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
Amarnath S9-Sep-19 3:25
professionalAmarnath S9-Sep-19 3:25 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
Rajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 3:34
professionalRajesh R Subramanian9-Sep-19 3:34 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
Dennis E White9-Sep-19 4:12
professionalDennis E White9-Sep-19 4:12 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
kalberts9-Sep-19 22:12
kalberts9-Sep-19 22:12 
GeneralRe: Over 25 years old?! Pin
Amarnath S9-Sep-19 23:33
professionalAmarnath S9-Sep-19 23:33 

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