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How to make a Geek Happy
Got the email from the boss today, and I quote:
Spec out an ideal development machine and give me the details… model/specs/cost…etc
http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/desktops-n-workstations.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=biz&~ck=mn
How to make a geek happier:
Ok, you can Spec a custom build from NewEgg, I'll try and get it approved.
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The Dell Precision T7500s are nice boxes. Dual 6-core Xeons with 12G RAM. I would however upgrade to a 256G SSD (boot disk) and a few SSD/7200rpm secondary drives. And if your boss could spring for one for me that would be very nice. 
/ravi
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LOL, that was the one I sent first, spec'd it to 25k. Nice. And will never happen. Though to be honest, I probably could run some nice real-time simulations with it. This smart grid stuff is data heavy.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: spec'd it to 25k
Dimes? I can't even get a computer that expensive using Apple's Mac configurator (though I did get it to $16.5K).
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That's because macs that nice don't exist. And if they did they'd cost $75k.
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A custom build from NewEgg now that would make anyone happy.
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Got a request like that some two years ago, but with the caveat I got to include the rationale for every single part, or I may not get it approved. Managed to get an 8-core 12 GB machine with a NVidia Quadro 4000 and 1TB hard disk. And almost everything (except the graphics card) just based on recommendations right off the MS homepage! I might have added an additional SSD disk to the specs, but unfortunately MS didn't mention them anywhere 
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