PC For a Developer

[Gecko]

My main dev rig is (doing web dev)

A 1st gen MacBook Pro, 2.16Ghz, 2Gb RAM running a text editor and a Apache/PHP/MySQL test environment, using both the inbuilt laptop screen and a Chimei 22".

Next to that, a box running Windows XP, just to see how the pages that I'm building are rendering in various Windows based browsers

[jboles]

Originally Posted by Luke212

every programmer here will commonly say 'fucking hurry up' under their breath at least once a day.

Every developer needs a fast computer:

[dljunior]

Originally Posted by jboles

Every developer needs a fast computer:
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You just made my day

I've found for the sort of stuff I do (mainly interpreted languages such as PHP, Python and Ruby) a beefy cpu can make a huge difference, especially in Ruby on Windows (which is notoriously slow. Switching between this relatively bad 2.6Ghz Celeron and the AMD X2 4200+ or whatever it is (I cant remember the proper name), there is a huge boost in the startup time of the interpreter.

Add a Web Stack running inside a testing VM performance can get slow :|.

Also, I agree with the widescreen monitors / dual monitors statement - tending towards dual w/ widescreens. Why? Documentation on One Screen (If you need it), The IDE / Editor on the other.

Thats my (not very helpful) 2 cents