Hi,
I am going to buy laptop to do ASP.NET development on it. Do you have any
recommendations for me? Brand name and/or specs?
Thank you,
Sasha 9 2466
Hi Sasha,
For ASP.NET, you would require the following environment:
Windows (preferably a Professional or Server edition)
IIS
Visual Studio .NET (or ASP.NET WebMatrix)
Microsoft .NET Framework
Internet Explorer 6.0
Since the above applications are processor/memory intensive - especially if you switch on debugging, etc. - a safe configuration would be:
Processor: (Minimum: PIII) AMD 2400+ or P4.
RAM: Min. 128MB. Ideally: 256 MB or higher.
HDD: Min. 10 GB. Ideally: 20-40 GB.
Would suggest a branded one like Dell, IBM or Compaq/HP which are designed to run Windows XP professional or the like.
Regards
Pandurang
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"Sasha" wrote: Hi,
I am going to buy laptop to do ASP.NET development on it. Do you have any recommendations for me? Brand name and/or specs?
Thank you, Sasha
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<npandurang_AT_ blr_DOT_cogniza nt_DOTcom_NOSPA M> wrote in For ASP.NET, you would require the following environment: Windows (preferably a Professional or Server edition)
You will need to special order your laptop. Most laptops come with XP Home,
and most vendors do not eaisly make all drivers available separately.
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Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <cp**@hower.org > wrote: =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZHVyYW5 nIE5heWFr?= <npandurang_AT_ blr_DOT_cogniza nt_DOTcom_NOSPA M> wrote in For ASP.NET, you would require the following environment: Windows (preferably a Professional or Server edition)
You will need to special order your laptop. Most laptops come with XP Home, and most vendors do not eaisly make all drivers available separately.
Most vendors are reasonably happy to supply XP Pro installed instead -
and any vendor worth their salt *will* have latest drivers available on
their website, as the drivers will change over time.
Personally I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5150. It's got a lovely
hi-res (1600x1200) screen (I'm a nut for screen real estate), a fast-
enough P4 3GHz processor, 1Gb of memory, a 60Gb disk, and the batteries
last for about 4 hours (of non-intensive stuff, anyway). Came pretty
cheaply, too...
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You don't necessarily need a special order, just make sure you get XP Professional. It's not as common and usually only comes with higher end laptops, which is what you likely want for development anyway. I would say try to get at least 512MB RAM. More RAM is more important than the processor speed.
Simon.
"Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu" wrote: =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZHVyYW5 nIE5heWFr?= <npandurang_AT_ blr_DOT_cogniza nt_DOTcom_NOSPA M> wrote in For ASP.NET, you would require the following environment: Windows (preferably a Professional or Server edition)
You will need to special order your laptop. Most laptops come with XP Home, and most vendors do not eaisly make all drivers available separately.
-- Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/ "Programmin g is an art form that fights back"
Get your ASP.NET in gear with IntraWeb! http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Thank you everyone for your help!
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I am going to buy laptop to do ASP.NET development on it. Do you have any recommendations for me? Brand name and/or specs?
Thank you, Sasha
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in news:8A******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com: You don't necessarily need a special order, just make sure you get XP Professional. It's not as common and usually only comes with higher end laptops, which is what you likely want for development anyway. I would say try to get at least 512MB RAM. More RAM is more important than the processor speed.
How many stores have you seen that stock XP Pro versions on laptops? YEs all
teh high end ones have it as an OPTION but most stores do not stock it.
512 yes, but Id recommend 1G.
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news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com: Most vendors are reasonably happy to supply XP Pro installed instead -
As a special order. To get Pro you have to order direct from the vendor in
most cases. Walk into any shop and its rare to find a laptop with Pro. This
is why Im stuck with Home. (And I cannot upgrade because the system AVs on
boot after upgrade. Its a common problem with many brands as Google will
show)
and any vendor worth their salt *will* have latest drivers available on their website, as the drivers will change over time.
Yes and no. Under new licensing agreements with MS vendors are not allowed to
ship XP disks, or drivers separately. Recovery disks must be system images,
and vendors are only allowed to ship updates to drivers on their website, not
originals. So you have to wait for every crticial driver to be patched first.
I've been round and round with 3 laptop vendors about this and they all told
me the same thing.
Personally I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5150. It's got a lovely hi-res (1600x1200) screen (I'm a nut for screen real estate), a fast- enough P4 3GHz processor, 1Gb of memory, a 60Gb disk, and the batteries last for about 4 hours (of non-intensive stuff, anyway). Came pretty cheaply, too...
If you are looking for a portable Desktop its a good choice. But if you are
truly a traveller its quite bulky and not a good choice.
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Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <cp**@hower.org > wrote: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com: Most vendors are reasonably happy to supply XP Pro installed instead - As a special order. To get Pro you have to order direct from the vendor in most cases. Walk into any shop and its rare to find a laptop with Pro. This is why Im stuck with Home. (And I cannot upgrade because the system AVs on boot after upgrade. Its a common problem with many brands as Google will show)
I would very rarely consider buying a laptop from a "bricks and
mortar" shop - I'd pretty much *always* go online. and any vendor worth their salt *will* have latest drivers available on their website, as the drivers will change over time.
Yes and no. Under new licensing agreements with MS vendors are not allowed to ship XP disks, or drivers separately. Recovery disks must be system images, and vendors are only allowed to ship updates to drivers on their website, not originals. So you have to wait for every crticial driver to be patched first.
I don't see how MS can stop a vendor from publishing drivers for their
own hardware - and certainly that doesn't seem to stop Dell. How they
distribute XP itself is a different matter, but hardware drivers should
be fine.
I've been round and round with 3 laptop vendors about this and they all told me the same thing.
Try Dell then - there are *loads* of drivers on their website... Personally I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5150. It's got a lovely hi-res (1600x1200) screen (I'm a nut for screen real estate), a fast- enough P4 3GHz processor, 1Gb of memory, a 60Gb disk, and the batteries last for about 4 hours (of non-intensive stuff, anyway). Came pretty cheaply, too...
If you are looking for a portable Desktop its a good choice. But if you are truly a traveller its quite bulky and not a good choice.
Indeed - but I suspect getting a light laptop which is really suitable
for serious development is very difficult.
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