posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:12 PM
by
thomasswilliams
New Work PC
Woohoo, I got a new PC at work (my 4-year-old HP was getting a bit on). So for a couple of months at least I've got the newest computer in our little department, if you don't count my boss's shiny new widescreen Dell laptop ;-)
Here's the specs:
PC: Dell Optiplex GX280
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz (1MB cache, 800MHz FSB) with Hyper-Threading
Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM (4 x 256MB)
Storage: 2 x 200GB SATA in RAID 1 Array
CD/DVD: LG "Super Multi" write-anything/read-anything dual layer DVD burner (model GSA-4163B), plus a left-over TEAC DVD+RW (model DV-W58E)
That's the new bits - I'm still using my old 21" HP monitor and 15" Dell LCD, and I stuck with my new mouse. The Dell case is quite nice - it slides open on runners for maintenance, is a mini tower and is very quiet, but *I think* the graphics are integrated on the motherboard, so no room for upgradeability there.
For comparison purposes (highly subjective) - my old PC took about a minute and a half to be ready to go after logging in, the new one is down to a number of seconds.
The next big task is getting over all the bits that make up my development environment. I decided I'd do a bit of a directory reshuffle so it's a case of loading each solution and fixing the missing references. And for the first time in a long time, I am not going to put VB6 on the machine (I've decided to do any VB6 development on the old PC). I wonder if this decision is going to come back and bite me?