I'm running a 4 yo Mac book pro with boot camp 64 bit. Never misses a beat. All original hardware except for the two solid state drives, one for mac one for win! THE SSD CHANGED MY LIFE! I now run 2 or 3 simpl's regualy + vtpro + toolbox and i don't even think twice about pilling iTunes on top of all that. Also as most have mentioned wipe your computer regularly.
I have not seen a toolbox blue screen, but do get the occasional debugger crash on large programs slow networks.
TH
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--- In Crestron@..., "weddellkw" <weddellkw@...> wrote:
I agree with this, a second machine can be really useful. I prefer having two identical machines and try to keep the applications installed on each identical (as well as running Dropbox nightly for program files, documentation/etc) to keep the Windows environments in-line as well.
Running VT-Pro or Debugger or Excel/PDFs/etc (job notes) full-screen next to SIMPL made a huge difference in my workflow, and minimizes the performance hit you'd see running them on the same PC with a spare monitor.
--- In Crestron@..., "Jesus @ Audio& Net Artist" <audioandnetartist@> wrote:
Those are heavy programs, no wonder why you fried the others lol! If I was
you I get another laptop and work with booths, I do that, my set up is 1
netbook for toolbox, ir learner, browsing ext.. the other one for vtpro
and simpl, sometimes I run the simpl on the netbook when assigning joins on
vtpro, also I carry 2 dinner tables wish is really handy am convenient,
since 1 backpack and on hand tables!
On Apr 20, 2012 10:42 AM, "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
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For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have
been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and
Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware
Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl
Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or
Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time
the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things
when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably
not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is
still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I
just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks,
Paul
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