[DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues

[Jeremy Coulter]

thats a good idea Conor. Didnt think of that :-)

Jeremy

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Conor Boyd <Conor.Boyd at trimble.co.nz>wrote:

>  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
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>> Johnsonville
>> Wellington
>>
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