I develop applications with Visual Studio 2008 and use SVN as my source control. I am looking to purchase a laptop to use as my primary development tool, with my desktop machine hosting the SVN server. The laptop will also run IIS and the database server. Ideally I want the laptop to have around 4GB of ram, a fast HD (7200rpm) and a wi...
If you don't need to do much serious programming on it but only the kind of problem you would be asked to do in a CS classroom, is one of those 8-10 inch laptops tolerable to do programming on? In my case the alternative for class would be either a huge heavy laptop (not good for the back) or nothing at all. I've got a good setup at hom...
I'm coding from my bed over my laptop, and after about an hour of coding my fingers start to hurt. I am learning touch typing but it will still take a while. During this time what can I do to reduce the pain/improve the comfort of typing? ...
I work in two environments with Visual Studio 2008: my laptop and my laptop+external monitor. When I work with a second monitor, I like for my solution explorer and other non-code windows to be on the second monitor, and my laptop screen to be just code files. It's a bit of a pain to rearrange windows every day as I switch between enviro...
I would love to create a custom on-screen display app for my laptop, seeing as the manufacturer-supplied one is utter garbage. I'm out to write an app that will show things such as volume control, screen brightness, wireless antenna status and so forth. I'm not sure what info I'd need to know to begin creating something like this (inte...
Hi - I am an emacs user (on linux laptop) looking to make better use of my keyboard settings. The windows key is unused on my keyboard... is there any way to map it to m-x? This might make many emacs commands faster. Thanks, SetJmp ...
Hi there! Ok, I hope this post doesn't raise any alarm bells by not being entirely programming related, but it is critical towards my programming! I have a major dilemma and I’m afraid to make the wrong (and very expensive) purchase decision for a laptop, so I am hoping anyone out there can help. Processing Needs: I am a self-employed...
Dear all,, Well i fear to post this question here.. But this is only because i am not able to find the answer to this question anywhere.. But if the administrator still thinks that this question is not worth putting here, then he or she can delete it.. But i would be obliged if that doesn't happen and i get the answer to my question.. A...
I have laptop with probably broken BIOS. C1E is not enabled and with Linux I get poor batery life (1-1,5h). C1E is not enabled because content of MSRC001_0055 is 0. I could rewrite it, but I don't know IoAddres value. So request for anyone with working C1E on AMD laptop, could you provide your content of MSRC001_0055? http://www.amd.com...
My experience with my laptop is that the screen is almost unreadable when working outdoors, and as the weather gets better I'd like to move from working in the tornado shelter to the picnic table. Are there any devices out there that are good for coding in bright environments? Needs a readable screen with a decent resolution, decent si...
So, I'm planning on buying a laptop for development purposes. I want a windows based machine, however since I want to run IIS (a requirement for sql server) I need the professional edition of the software. All vendors seem to provide only the home edition of the OS. I don't want to buy the home edition only to have to buy the professi...
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 and as you can see in this image it has some buttons on the front for mute, play/pause, stop, volume control, etc. The mute and volume buttons actually affect the volume settings for the computer itself, but the others can also be used to control some other applications, such as Windows Media Player and even ...
Is there any way to get the status of the Battery (charging/discharging/Current Charge/Capacity/etc...) from a C++ program in a portable manner between Windows & Linux. I'm doing a small program for my own use and require some help with it. Kindly look over the description of the program on my blog: The JB Journals Also, is there any...
Is there a foolproof way for a .NET app to identify... whether a machine is a laptop or a desktop whether the screen is an LCD or a CRT the size of the screen ...
Hi, I need to get myself a protable laptop which has good battery life and can develops apps in the LAMP enviroment. The laptop is not replacing my desktop but I am on the move most of the day, I am looking at a Acer Timeline 13.3 Core Solo SU3500. Does anyone know anything about this processor and if it is powerful enought to develo...
Hi everybody, I was thinking about starting to write my own OS, but it seems that most of the time you start by putting the bootloader & OS on a floppy disk. Problem : my laptop has no floppy disk reader. I'm pretty afraid of putting the OS on the hard drive, and I guess I won't be able to load it through an USB key, as there is no OS ru...
I have a Lenovo Y550 laptop which has a nice looking touch sensitive strip with led lights on top of keyboard. The usage for this is however quite useless (it can be used to start 4 different Lenovo programs) so I started to think if I could program something of my own for it. However I don't have any experience with this kind of thing....
Hi, Today i was searching for some software which can track my lost laptop. There, i found a software which provides the following feature : • Geo-location is determined by wi-fi signal • Remotely delete files from the stolen laptop • Remotely retrieve files from the stolen laptop • Monitor and control everything the thief does ...
Hi I need to know, is that possible to get a notification through email whenever my laptop is switched on or is connected to internet ? An alternative is to get notification when set service 'Starts' on system boot. Need C# code for this service. Thanks & regards Khushi ...
For some time I am suffering some backaches and chest-aches after working at home in front of my lap-top. After 2 hours it starts suffering to squeeze on my computer. In the office there is no problem at all (we have big screens and desktops for sure). I do not know where to start to make it more ergonomic but a friend of mine offered m...