Frank:
At SourceGear, we've kind of standardizing on the Clevo machines. You can
find these as the computers from AlienWare, Sager, Falcon Northwest, and
other Gaming companies. I don't have any experience with the Dell XPS, but
it looks like it might be a contender as well.
Note, with the weight / heat these things are NOT laptops, but more like
portable computers or desktop replacements. If you do any travelling, the
17+ pounds (8 Kilos) of this machine can get tiresome.
Currently, I'm running a P4 - 3.6 GHz, Radeon 9700 Mobile, 2 GB RAM, 2 HDDs
at RAID 1, etc. This machine is still lightning fast.
Also, the newer models will be shipping with faster P4s as well as dual
core AMDs. They should also be shipping with the latest nVidia / ATI cards
as well. I've seen specs for the new nVidia 7800 GTX cards in these
puppies.
Base model -
http://www.clevo.com.tw - See D900T / D900K
Vendor implementation -
http://www.alienware.com http://www.voodoopc.com http://www.falcon-nw.com http://www.sagernotebooks.com
HTH
Jeff Clausius
SourceGear
Frank Rizzo <no**@none.com> wrote in news:ucSHHZnAGHA.2040
@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:
I am about to jump in to developing a heavy duty winforms app with a lot
of 3rd party (DevExpress, Infragistics) controls in VS 2005. What are
the realistic specs for a laptop, so that my development is speedy and I
am not waiting around for the complex 3rd party controls to render
themselves in the design view. Let's assume for the moment that money
is no problem.
Thanks.