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What is the minimum spec machine you would buy today?   [Edit]

Survey period: 19 Jan 2003 to 26 Jan 2003

New games, new OS's, new .NET. They all mean our kick-ass box of 2 years ago is now obsolete. What CPU/RAM specs are you choosing today?

Q1. CPU speed (in total, adjust for dual proc)

OptionVotes% 
under 1GHz1496.85
>= 1GHz53924.79
>= 2GHz1,10550.83
>= 3GHz23010.58
>= 4 GHz1516.95

Q2. RAM

OptionVotes% 
under 256 Mb642.94
>= 256 Mb50923.41
>= 512 Mb1,15052.90
>= 1 Gb35016.10
>= 2 Gb1014.65

Q3. Any must-have's?

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Chris Maunder21-Jan-03 2:23
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KarstenK21-Jan-03 22:59
mveKarstenK21-Jan-03 22:59 
GeneralTail fins?? Pin
Chris Maunder20-Jan-03 8:17
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Brian Delahunty21-Jan-03 4:48
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Chris Maunder21-Jan-03 5:12
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Jim Crafton22-Jan-03 6:48
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Jim Crafton22-Jan-03 8:50
Jim Crafton22-Jan-03 8:50 
General< 1ghz works for me Pin
Paul Watson19-Jan-03 20:14
sitebuilderPaul Watson19-Jan-03 20:14 
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Brian Delahunty20-Jan-03 4:55
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Brian Delahunty22-Jan-03 1:06
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Brian Delahunty21-Jan-03 3:17
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Christian Graus21-Jan-03 11:03
protectorChristian Graus21-Jan-03 11:03 
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Mattias Paulsson21-Jan-03 11:26
Mattias Paulsson21-Jan-03 11:26 
I think I'm pretty spoiled with nice hardware...

At work I have: dual P4 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, dual 21inch monitors, nVidia Quadro4.
+ P3 700Mhz, 512MB RAM, 20 GB HDD, GeForce2GTS, 19inch monitor

At home: P4 2.53GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, 19inch monitor, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
+ P2 450Mhz, 512 MB RAM, 40 + 13 GB HDD, GeForce2, 17inch montor

All these machines are really nice to have when you're developing, debugging, testing, etc.
But one has to be very careful not to let the minimum system specs for the enduser of your apps, rush
to extreme heights!

But then again... nothing beats having the best tools available for your job Big Grin | :-D



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