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How much RAM do you have on your Dev box?   [Edit]

Survey period: 4 Aug 2008 to 11 Aug 2008

Whatever you have, it probably isn't enough. Answer one or both questions depending on whether you have Visual Studio 2008. Answer both questions if you have boxes with and without Visual Studio 2008.

Q1. If your development box has Visual Studio 2008 installed...

OptionVotes% 
8 GB or more875.29
6 GB or more140.85
4 GB or more50430.64
2 GB or more81849.73
1 GB or more17310.52
512 MB or more422.55
under 512 MB70.43

Q2. If your development box does not have Visual Studio 2008

OptionVotes% 
8GB or more413.23
6 GB or more70.55
4 GB or more22717.89
2 GB or more65351.46
1 GB or more25319.94
512 MB or more665.20
under 512 MB221.73



 
General2 and 3GB Pin
Oshtri Deka4-Aug-08 4:43
professionalOshtri Deka4-Aug-08 4:43 
General2GB, and Glad To Have It Pin
W Balboos, GHB4-Aug-08 1:18
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GeneralWhich one Pin
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peterchen5-Aug-08 21:46
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Generalvs 2008 resource hog? Pin
ed welch3-Aug-08 21:40
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe3-Aug-08 22:39
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Gates VP4-Aug-08 4:02
Gates VP4-Aug-08 4:02 
ed welch wrote:
I can't imagine that it's such a resource hog that you need 8GB.


You're imagining the wrong problem. VS 2008 can take 1-2 GB on it's own though, typically on those projects with thousands of files. But the problem isn't really VS 2008, it's everything combined.

Most developers aren't just using the IDE, they also have the DB window open (i.e.: SQL Server), they'll be operating the app locally (i.e.: IIS working locally, web browser), they'll have Virtual Machines for testing and sometimes even for developing (i.e.: VPC, VMWare), they'll have task-tracker software open, some form of chat client, a copy of Outlook, some search client (like Google Desktop)

I'm on a laptop (Core 2 Duo and 2GB) and I would be pushing for more if I still programmed all that much.

Most software people make too much money to not be running some form of leading-edge configuration.
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ed welch4-Aug-08 4:24
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Gates VP7-Aug-08 18:41
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azonenberg5-Aug-08 15:01
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Jörgen Sigvardsson4-Aug-08 7:32
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General4GB... Pin
Stuart Dootson3-Aug-08 20:55
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GeneralJealous Pin
Great Crested Dave3-Aug-08 20:53
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Great Crested Dave3-Aug-08 22:30
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Generalam i really the only guy on an 8gb quad core? Pin
werD3-Aug-08 19:32
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werD4-Aug-08 3:13
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Jeremy T. Fuller4-Aug-08 6:23
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azonenberg5-Aug-08 15:03
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