We use a Windows 2008 server for development located in our office. It's an
HP dl360 server with 10gb of memory and dual processor 2.33 ghz Xeon quad
core. Very fast and always available when onsite or from home or the
office. Even if my laptop is misbehaving remote desktop usually works
great.
I picked up the server off of eBay for about 800$ and it supports a couple
of programmers and some office staff. The biggest downfall is we can only
have one copy of vt pro running at a time but with just two programmers it
really hasn't been that big of a deal.
Best part is we can use cheap little disposable laptops and still have the
power of quad core and 10gb of memory available to us.
Nick
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On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Mark <markrkaye@...> wrote:
i use an ASUS G73S
very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@...> wrote:
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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