[DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues

[Conor Boyd]

For testing on "slower" PCs, here's one thought of mine.
 
I use VirtualPC for doing a lot of testing.  While I accept it's
difficult to quantify how much slower a VPC is rather than my desktop,
it is most definitely slower.  Plus you have the ability to control the
memory available to the VPC.
 
Using Virtual Server would probably give you even more control, since
you can throttle the processor availability for a VPC as well.
 
As well as VirtualPC for testing on my dev box, I use virtual machines
on a Virtual Server for build PCs, etc.  The change to the Delphi
license a couple of versions ago just made that scenario more legit. ;-)
 
Cheers,
 
C.

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From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 10:46 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues


I agree Kyley, you do need to re-invest in your Hardware....better you
have it than the taxman take your $$....but there is one thing that you
need to keep in mind.
Whilst your software runs at an amazing pace on your PC, the customer
may not have such a speedy machine and your software "may" run like a
one legged dog.
If you are developeing for a single client you can say ....go update
your hardware, but when developing for a mass-market (well as mass as
you can get in NZ) you may have people trying to run your kick-ass
software on a PIII 700 or something.
I always try to take this into consideration, and hence why I still ahve
a 3year old PC. If it flys on my machine I have written nice-ish tight
code and it will be fine on other PC's.
However, when customers have better machines than you, its time to do
some investment :-) Which is what I am doing at the moment. I just have
to decide what to get.....!

As for 2 monitors, I tried that a few years back, but I have to say it
just annoyed me, so I have go back to a big single monitor. I guess its
about what works for me and I know others will say its mad, bit honestly
it doenst bother me having 1 monitor.

Jeremy


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Sean Cross
<Sean.Cross at catalystrisk.co.nz> wrote:


	If you want two monitors on a laptop, look at
	http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/
	
	Personally I don't think I will go back to using a desktop any
time soon.  My combination of 24" monitor and 17" laptop works fine.
Big screen for dev, small screen for email, word etc,
	
	Regards
	 
	Sean Cross
	CIO
	Catalyst Risk Management
	


	-----Original Message-----
	From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Alister Christie
	Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 10:20 a.m.
	To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
	
	Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
	
	
	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
	
	
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