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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>For testing on "slower" PCs, here's one thought of
mine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Using Virtual Server would probably give you even more
control, since you can throttle the processor availability for a VPC as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.
;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970325922-16042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>C.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeremy
Coulter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 17 April 2009 10:46 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC]
memory issues<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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.<BR>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.<BR>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.<BR>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.<BR>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.....!<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Jeremy<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Sean Cross <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:Sean.Cross@catalystrisk.co.nz">Sean.Cross@catalystrisk.co.nz</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">If
you want two monitors on a laptop, look at<BR><A
href="http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/"
target=_blank>http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/</A><BR><BR>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,<BR><BR>Regards<BR><FONT
color=#888888> <BR>Sean Cross<BR>CIO<BR>Catalyst Risk
Management<BR></FONT>
<DIV class=im><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
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On Behalf Of Alister Christie<BR>Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 10:20 a.m.<BR>To:
NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>I'd like to plug 2 monitors into my laptop, but not supported -
a 30<BR>inch screen would be good to - but a bit expensive at the moment,
plus<BR>it requires dual dvi (as far as I understand). I think I'll get
a<BR>desktop for my next dev machine for just this reason.<BR><BR>Alister
Christie<BR>Computers for People<BR>Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266<BR><A
href="http://www.salespartner.co.nz"
target=_blank>http://www.salespartner.co.nz</A><BR>PO Box
13085<BR>Johnsonville<BR>Wellington<BR><BR></DIV>
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