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Will your next home PC be a desktop or laptop?
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needtogetaas
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Both. I think I will go get both this month.
javaguru
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I can't stand notebooks, small screen and the keyboard annoys me. I've been called out a few times by clients that wanted me to work on site. I told them I was fine with working on site, like their office wage slaves, but they would have to provide me a decent system(monitor) and purchase Visual Studio as well as pay me mileage and travel time. I'm not some monkey that needs to be supervised, I want to finish a contract and move on...that's why I like to negotiate a completion bonus.
chris302001
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I have both....my desktop is in a box in the closet though. With 4 gigs of ram, a 2.6 Dual core, and dedicated graphics card in a 3 lbs machine.....I'll take the lappy every day.
Razorguns
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word. That's why I do all my stuff here at home.
In my office here - I got a quad, 4 gigs, software, 2 24" monitors, a 50" hdtv monitoring tv, blu-ray dvd, laser printer, optical mouse, comfy keyboard, stylus, fast internet, etc. etc.
All setup, rearing to go. On-site, most I can do is demo stuff, transfer files, or powerpoint presentations. I never do work there.
I remember VS 2005 team edition. .NET 2.0 was cool. I culdn't stand various environments errors and dumb code monkeys taking 4 days to setup a machien with all the latest vss code just to compile!
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javaguru
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My rate goes up when I have to work with a team. That makes me the lead developer and project manager...the ambassador that has to coddle all the stakeholders. I've recently started updating my Java skills, JDK 1.4 was the last package I used for production code. My bread is buttered by MS but I've been getting more inquiries for Java development.
Razorguns
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MS is losing more and more in the corpoate env. First they lost MFC. Now they've lost .NET. They way over-complicate things and write shitty ass flaky compilers.
Open-Source, Java leads you to the most develoeprs out there, the most code libraries, cheaper in cost, multi-platforms and with joomla/drupal, open source packages - it makes the most sense nowadays. I find web development to be 10:1 in Java's favor nowadays everywhere I look.
Only client/server, sql server database-driven, windows-based existing software is still in .net, vb, vbscript, asp, etc. I find nowadays.
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Desktop. I'd only get a laptop if I traveled a lot.
Creepusmaximus
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I have three 22's. I've been seeing 22's for under $200. 24's still up around 475-500. 2 inches not worth the price.
Grumpy Old Man
Grumpy Old Biker Bastard
Just got a 17 in laptop to replace the desktop, have a 22" and docking station has a 350 g hd 4 gig ram wireless keyboard I never have to transer data (I take it to my office daily), but keep a 500gig external for files and anything important just in case. Seems the laptop can go with me or stay on the desk with the bigger screen, eventhough this one has a full size keyboard sometimes it is just easier to hold the wireless on the other side of the desk. The cost of desktops are so low now that might be the way to go if that is a consideration.
Razorguns
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and how much are you selling that to me for?
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UA_Iron
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I have two desktops both built by me.
I was thinking about a laptop, but I dont even have a couch to sit on and watch TV and surf the net - not gonna happen.
My current build is a core 2 duo, overclocked to 3.4ghz 4gb memory, XP 64, 2x250gb harddrives, 1x320gb hd, 7900GTO.
Next build will be the next generation quad cores, firegl V7700 video card, 8gb memory - by then it will be DDR3, thinking some 15K SAS harddrives, cant justify the cost yet though. By then solid state disc drive performance will be up to par. Maybe water cooled - again hard to justify the effort in that.
I was thinking about a laptop, but I dont even have a couch to sit on and watch TV and surf the net - not gonna happen.
My current build is a core 2 duo, overclocked to 3.4ghz 4gb memory, XP 64, 2x250gb harddrives, 1x320gb hd, 7900GTO.
Next build will be the next generation quad cores, firegl V7700 video card, 8gb memory - by then it will be DDR3, thinking some 15K SAS harddrives, cant justify the cost yet though. By then solid state disc drive performance will be up to par. Maybe water cooled - again hard to justify the effort in that.
sell it to me.
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UA_Iron
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This is what the case looks like AAP
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
check it out. Thing isn't quite as small as a Dell or something.
I glanced over it but didn't see the dimensions of the case.
but how many fucking fans that fucker got? does it fucking double as a microwave or something?
so how much $$$ we talking about to part with it?
If damn Chris457684546lookatthe#shere58464 doesn't reply to my PM first.
chris302001
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