Laptop for VS 2008 and SQL 2005??
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From: maflatoun on 7 Apr 2008 11:32 Hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a laptop time this time and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with running VisualStudio 2008 and MSSQL 2005 on a laptop? Please include your processor, and memory as well. I'm looking at this one which has 2 Gigs RAM. http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10100176&catid=25315&logon=&langid=EN Thank you Maz.
From: Quaoar on 8 Apr 2008 10:09
maflatoun(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm thinking of buying a laptop time this time and I was wondering if > anyone has any experience with running VisualStudio 2008 and MSSQL > 2005 on a laptop? Please include your processor, and memory as well. > > I'm looking at this one which has 2 Gigs RAM. > http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10100176&catid=25315&logon=&langid=EN > > > Thank you > Maz. IMO, practically any notebook with a dual core chip will be satisfactory. VS and MSSQL are in reality pretty benign in terms of computing requirements. Again, IMO, since you'll be doing a lot of text editing, a good keyboard and a display that is comfortable and has enough real estate for decent viewing are more significant requirements than is raw computing power. The 2GB RAM is good, for whatever purpose. That said, you might find that Vista is in itself an impediment with all of its bells and whistles so that Vista Ultimate is a waste. You might find yourself turning off the eye candy as I have. An XP notebook will be more productive - if you can find one! On that note, you probably should look into the business versions of notebooks from HP, Dell, etc. that are built more robustly than are some of the consumer-level notebooks. Many of these still come with 4:3 screens rather than the 16:9 screens. I find a 4:3 screen better for editing on since it displays more text length. |