[DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
Kyley Harris
Kyley at harrissoftware.com
Fri Apr 17 10:31:32 NZST 2009
raises a good point. as a software developer, how much do you invest in
yourself on a yearly basis for hardware and software costs to run a
business? if you charge by the hour etc. or run a business.. there must be
some kind of budget you allocate from the income stream to upkeep your
hardware etc.
I know some people still running on 4-5 year old equipment.. its insane to
me.. but thats just me.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Kyley Harris <Kyley at harrissoftware.com>wrote:
> well, I don't know what you consider expensive.. its all relative I guess.
> my quad core 8gb ram with 500MB hdd and 2 24" monitors cost about $4000
> with all the extras.. that was about 6 months+ ago..
>
> I don't call that expensive at all for a business expense.. a plumber has a
> good $30K of tools and hardware.. software developers should have good tools
> to do a good job..
>
> I agree.. those 30" are awesome.. Dell is the best value, and excellent
> quality.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Alister Christie <
> alister at salespartner.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to plug 2 monitors into my laptop, but not supported - a 30
>> inch screen would be good to - but a bit expensive at the moment, plus
>> it requires dual dvi (as far as I understand). I think I'll get a
>> desktop for my next dev machine for just this reason.
>>
>> Alister Christie
>> Computers for People
>> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>> http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>> PO Box 13085
>> Johnsonville
>> Wellington
>>
>>
>>
>> Kyley Harris wrote:
>> > id never work on that little thing.. dvd player.. I have a Quad Core
>> > with 2 22" montiors running 1600x1050
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Alister Christie
>> > <alister at salespartner.co.nz <mailto:alister at salespartner.co.nz>> wrote:
>> >
>> > except you'd go blind if you had to do any real dev work on because
>> of
>> > the small screen. I now plug an external 24 inch screen into my
>> > laptop
>> > for a similar reason (fewer headaches). The laptop does have a 17
>> > inch
>> > screen but at 1920x1200 things are a bit small. I remember when I
>> was
>> > first programming in Delphi on a 14 (maybe it was 15) inch monitor
>> > - my
>> > how things have changed.
>> >
>> > Alister Christie
>> > Computers for People
>> > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>> > http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>> > PO Box 13085
>> > Johnsonville
>> > Wellington
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Kyley Harris wrote:
>> > > I have one of those $500 Asus EEE computers that runs windows XP
>> on
>> > > 256MB of ram, and a 4GB SSD.. takes 25seconds to boot up.. way
>> > faster
>> > > than any other laptop.. still has 120mb free ram and 1gb of disk
>> > > space.. I plug a USB hdd into it and its great. battery life is
>> > awesome
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Stefan Mueller
>> > > <muellers at orcl-toolbox.com <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com>
>> > <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com
>> > <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com>>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I am also keeping my eyes open for SSD .. those drives should
>> be
>> > > able to
>> > > improve compile speeds drastically ... they have close to no
>> > > seek-times and
>> > > manage to read thousands of small files at high speed.
>> > >
>> > > I probably go with one of the PCIe cards coming out soon
>> > (like OCZ
>> > > Z-Drive,
>> > > or PhotoFast Monster) if the price is ok. PCIe cards have the
>> > > advantage that
>> > > they get over the 300MBps (theoretical) limit that SATA-II
>> has.
>> > >
>> > > The OCZ Vertex-II drive also looks promising:
>> > >
>> >
>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task
>> > <
>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task
>> >
>> > > =view
>> > >
>> > <
>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task%0A=view
>> > <
>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task%0A=view
>> >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Stefan
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>> > > [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>] On
>> > > Behalf Of Ross Levis
>> > > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:56
>> > > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
>> > > Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
>> > >
>> > > I'm looking forward to larger cheaper solid state drives which
>> > > last up to
>> > > 100 years, replacing hard drives which fail every few years.
>> > 10+
>> > > times
>> > > faster than a hard drive. I've heard a PC with one of these
>> > > drives can boot
>> > > Windows XP in 4 seconds.
>> > >
>> > > Prices will get below US$2 per GB this year. It's still out
>> > of my
>> > > price
>> > > range, but I'm considering upgrading my laptop's hard drive
>> > to a 240GB
>> > > SanDisk drive later this year.
>> > > http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8040
>> > >
>> > > Ross.
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>> > > [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>] On
>> > > Behalf Of Richard Bullin
>> > > Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:15 p.m.
>> > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> > > Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
>> > >
>> > > I'm not really sure if 300mb classifies Delphi as a memory
>> > hog if you
>> > > look at getting one of the below computers with 192GB of ram,
>> I
>> > > foresee
>> > > a surge in lazy programmers :)
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
>> > <
>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&>
>> > > articleId=9130538
>> > >
>> > <
>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0AarticleId=9130538
>> > <
>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0AarticleId=9130538
>> >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Richard
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>> > > [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>> > > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>> > <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>]
>> > > On Behalf Of Alister Christie
>> > > Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:01 p.m.
>> > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> > > Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
>> > >
>> > > Currently I'm on 254MB.
>> > >
>> > > Close Delphi - 0MB
>> > > Open Delphi - 11MB
>> > > Open Project - 71MB
>> > > Compile - 154MB (peaking at around 170MB)
>> > > Open a Project with modeling support - 215MB
>> > >
>> > > And the numbers just keep going up from there the more you do.
>> > >
>> > > I think it's fair to say that it is a bit of a memory hog.
>> > Although I
>> > > have 6 chrome processes running currently eating up a total
>> > of 155MB.
>> > >
>> > > I guess we could turn this into a discussion of who is
>> > running the
>> > > most
>> > > memory hungry App and/or instance of Delphi currently?
>> > > (Currently Jeremy leads at 307MB)
>> > >
>> > > Alister Christie
>> > > Computers for People
>> > > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>> > > http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>> > > PO Box 13085
>> > > Johnsonville
>> > > Wellington
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Jeremy Coulter wrote:
>> > > > Does anyone else get issues with BDS.exe (delphi 2007) using
>> a
>> > > HEAP of
>> > >
>> > > > memory?
>> > > > at the moment its sitting on 307mb of mem usage !
>> > > >
>> > > > Admittedly my current machine only has 2GB (new machine
>> > has been
>> > > > ordered....YAY) but seriously, thats HEAPS.
>> > > > In saying that, I notic that FireFox is sitting on 131mb
>> too.
>> > > >
>> > > > just wondered if this is a common issue, and if there is a
>> > > solution to
>> > >
>> > > > it or not.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Jeremy
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
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