What is your primary development machine - a Desktop or a laptop? Why? Do you use both - if so, do you use source control to keep them synched? This might seem like a dumb question but I'm on the steep part of the learning curve & I'd be interested in your insights. [edit] - Using a laptop assumes hanging an Imax-sized screen off it w...
All right, this is something I think everyone can agree would be nice to have: Longer Battery Life I have a Thinkpad T61p and am currently running Fedora 9 on it. I love sitting outside and coding (required software tie-in... check) and it would be nice to not have to worry about my battery running out while I'm doing so. Vista seems...
Are there any good (free?) tools for monitoring power consumption and aiding in reducing power consumption on a Windows laptop? I currently have a Lenovo T60p and the tools that Lenovo provides are OK, but nothing really that good. They really just provide a new interface to the Windows Power Manager options, at least from what I've fou...
I need to spec a laptop for some Solaris development work I've got to do. I need something that will run Solaris 10 reasonably well - dual core with 4GB of memory is the sort of thing I'm aiming at. Solaris is a little bit picky about device support, so I'm hoping someone in the SO community has a solid recommendation on what works real...
I have an old Sony Vaio laptop. P4 2.6GHz 512MB, 40GB. What should I do with it? Right now I use it as a home server with a base install of Ubuntu server 8.04, Apache and Subversion for a repository for my Windows Visual Studio development. I am sure I could be doing more with it. Any suggestions? I have thought about using it to au...
I often program outside away from power, how can I extend the battery life in my laptop to let me program longer without having to "return to base" Specifically for a MacBook Pro. ...
I've used PointSec before. It was my previous employers default choice. Now i get to choose for my current one. While i dont have anything against PointSec, Looking for more options to choose from. ...
I loved this post by ScottGu which made me think a bit about Hard drive speeds and how it is linked to Visual Studio performance. Since it is a bit older post, I would like to hear from you (serious programmers) if you bought any laptop recently with the same ideas. Is it worth using Solid State drives? Should I go for 64-bit? I am a ...
My primary development machine at work is a laptop. I currently run with two monitors, which the machine natively supports (an external monitor connected via the laptop's VGA or DVI port, plus the laptop's own attached screen). I'd like to add a third monitor to my setup. What are some good hardware solutions for adding a third monito...
I am a software developer that primarily writes in PHP, [X]HTML, CSS, Javascript, C# and C++. I use Eclipse for web development, Visual Studio 2008 for C++ and C# work, TortoiseSVN, Subversion server for local repositories, SQL Server Express, Apache and MYSQL. I also use Office 2007 for word processing and spreadsheets and use Vista Ult...
I am looking to buy a decent laptop which I would mostly use for small personal development projects, watching movies and the occasional gaming (I don't need to play the latest and greatest games). I would prefer something with a 17' display though I am willing to consider good 15' laptops as well. Any ideas/suggestions ? I am currently...
I'm aware that a similar question has been asked before here but this is more of question of which is better of a departmental scale. At my last job Code monkeys were given desktops and project managers were given Laptops. The reasoning being that project managers went to more meetings so needed to take thier computers with them. Becaus...
As a programmer I found it very hard to use my laptop and workstation with two different input devices, Can anyone suggest a good solution to use single mouse and keyboard to control my two machines I am not looking for a Virtual Machine or RDP solution to see my machines in a single monitor, ...
I'm thinking of retiring my 3 year old HP laptop I want to know which manufacturor makes laptops with the best Keyboards? I loved my Full width keyboard, with numberic pad on my HP, I've tried a a few laptop keyboards in shops and have found none of them satisfying to type with. What I want is something that will maximise my typing com...
I want to buy a laptop for programming under linux and I have no idea what specific problems can appear (like "no drivers for device", "impossible to hibernate" and so on...) What should I think of when selecting new laptop for linux? I will run Ubuntu, C++, SBCL, ghc. This laptop is not gonna be graphics-oriented. I've already owned ...
I broke the laptop. how did I break it? I remember feeling happy about wubi. now I feel bad about wubi and everything that I did. I used the partition editor within Windows (System Tools - administration) and removed my 11 GB partition of ubuntu. This was how my laptop has been partitioned EVER since I dual booted it three or so years...
ok, after some research here and there, it seems that the Dell XPS 1530 is a good laptop for .NET development. I had some questions, mainly about Vista and setting up a dev environment. Currently am working with XP, VS2008, SqlServer2005. This laptop comes with Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit. I have a copy of Vista Ultimate that I wou...
Hey All, I've got a quick question, I'm currently a 1st year programming student, and would like a ultra portable laptop to pack around to classes. I was wondering if the Asus EEE PC 1000H is any good for programming. I know the screen size is small (1024x600), but I'm curious if it has the ooomf to get the job done I'm planning on upg...
I want to get a new laptop and not sure what display size is the optimal. I need it for programming while I'm traveling. So the balance is between portability and usability. My old laptop is 15.4" and I think it's big and heavy for travel. ...
OK that does it. For the umpteenth time my laptop just shut down in the middle of my game because my power cable had disconnected without me noticing it. Now I want to write a little C# program that detects when my power cable disconnects and then emits a nice long System beep. What API could I use for that? ...