473,323 Members | 1,551 Online
Bytes | Software Development & Data Engineering Community
Post Job

Home Posts Topics Members FAQ

Join Bytes to post your question to a community of 473,323 software developers and data experts.

Laptop recommendations for ASP.NET development

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
Jul 21 '05 #1
9 2416
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
--
blog: pandurang.thinkingMS.com
"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

Jul 21 '05 #2
=?Utf-8?B?UGFuZHVyYW5nIE5heWFr?=
<npandurang_AT_blr_DOT_cognizant_DOTcom_NOSPAM> 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/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Get your ASP.NET in gear with IntraWeb!
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Jul 21 '05 #3
Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <cp**@hower.org> wrote:
=?Utf-8?B?UGFuZHVyYW5nIE5heWFr?=
<npandurang_AT_blr_DOT_cognizant_DOTcom_NOSPAM> 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...

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Jul 21 '05 #4
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?UGFuZHVyYW5nIE5heWFr?=
<npandurang_AT_blr_DOT_cognizant_DOTcom_NOSPAM> 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/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Get your ASP.NET in gear with IntraWeb!
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/

Jul 21 '05 #5
Thank you everyone for your help!

"Sasha" <no*****@noemail.com> wrote in message
news:uI**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
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

Jul 21 '05 #6
=?Utf-8?B?U2ltb24gV2FsbGlz?= <Si*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:8A**********************************@microsof t.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.
--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Develop ASP.NET applications easier and in less time:
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Jul 21 '05 #7
FWIW I didnt leave my recommendation. :)

I have a Sony Z1. Big screen, lightweight, and 1G RAM.
--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Empower ASP.NET with IntraWeb
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Jul 21 '05 #8
Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:
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.


--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"

Make your ASP.NET applications run faster
http://www.atozed.com/IntraWeb/
Jul 21 '05 #9
Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <cp**@hower.org> wrote:
Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:
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.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Jul 21 '05 #10

This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion.

Similar topics

2
by: | last post by:
I was wondering if the seasoned pros on the asp and db forums including (Bob, Ray, Aaron, Curt and others) would mind offering advice on ideal laptop requrements for web development requirements. ...
9
by: Erik Frey | last post by:
Hi, If there's a better ng to ask this question, feel free to tell me! I'm trying to find a very portable laptop that's powerful enough to let me run visual studio on medium to large (tens of...
6
by: digitalcolony | last post by:
Developing in VS 2005 is choking my current desktop. Perhaps I just need an excuse to buy a new machine! Any tips on who makes a good laptop for developers? What specs should I be looking for in...
9
by: Sasha | last post by:
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
7
by: Patrick.O.Ige | last post by:
Just a question for you all.. I want to buy a laptop and it would be mainly for development Which ones below can you recommend. Sony VAIO FS630/W Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 Dell Latitude d810...
1
by: Billy Biro | last post by:
Hi. I'm looking for some recommendations for Visual Basic 2005 books. Specifically, I'm NOT looking for books that detail the elements of the language, nor explain OOP, but rather present...
3
by: mazdotnet | last post by:
Hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a laptop time this time and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with running VisualStudio 2008 and MSSQL 2005 on a laptop? Please include your processor,...
4
by: Richard Carpenter | last post by:
For a while my wife and I have shared my current laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000D), and it's worked out ok. However, lately she's kind of caught the bug and finally started getting a feel for all the...
0
by: ryjfgjl | last post by:
ExcelToDatabase: batch import excel into database automatically...
1
isladogs
by: isladogs | last post by:
The next Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC) and finishing at about 19:15 (7.15PM). In this month's session, we are pleased to welcome back...
0
by: Vimpel783 | last post by:
Hello! Guys, I found this code on the Internet, but I need to modify it a little. It works well, the problem is this: Data is sent from only one cell, in this case B5, but it is necessary that data...
1
by: PapaRatzi | last post by:
Hello, I am teaching myself MS Access forms design and Visual Basic. I've created a table to capture a list of Top 30 singles and forms to capture new entries. The final step is a form (unbound)...
1
by: CloudSolutions | last post by:
Introduction: For many beginners and individual users, requiring a credit card and email registration may pose a barrier when starting to use cloud servers. However, some cloud server providers now...
1
by: Defcon1945 | last post by:
I'm trying to learn Python using Pycharm but import shutil doesn't work
1
by: Shællîpôpï 09 | last post by:
If u are using a keypad phone, how do u turn on JavaScript, to access features like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram....
0
by: af34tf | last post by:
Hi Guys, I have a domain whose name is BytesLimited.com, and I want to sell it. Does anyone know about platforms that allow me to list my domain in auction for free. Thank you
0
by: Faith0G | last post by:
I am starting a new it consulting business and it's been a while since I setup a new website. Is wordpress still the best web based software for hosting a 5 page website? The webpages will be...

By using Bytes.com and it's services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

To disable or enable advertisements and analytics tracking please visit the manage ads & tracking page.