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In that case - BROWN ALERT!!!
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Sir, are you sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
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Red Dwarf...brought to you by the same people that came up with Doctor Who. Which I gave more than a fair chance but completely failed to grab my interest (IMNSHO).
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If Dalek Dave was still reading this, I'd tell you that it was because Red Dwarf was for adults, but Dr Who is a children's program.
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Oh, is that what's wrong with it...
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dandy72 wrote: the same people that came up with Doctor Who I imagine that they all retired years, if not decades, ago.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That last one was excruciatingly bad.
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The first episode of the new series started well, but has dropped off a bit by the ad break.
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And a series 12 is planned next year too.
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So I dont spend my own money that often on development machines . But its that time again. Every time I end up trawling through lots of sites comparing who has the best machines at the moment . I have no preference for laptop or desktop but want lots of power , a fair size SSD and a quiet machine . My budget I hear you ask ? Probably up to £2000 but maybe a bit more . No monitor needed . Does anyone have any current recommendations ?
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Andrew Torrance wrote: £2000
How many machine do you need ?
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They want a gold plated one.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I would like to get it as cheap as possible , but the way that VAT works if I pay over £2000 I can claim the VAT back . (20%) So I set it at that to see what I can get for my wonga.
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But if you spend that much the money's gone. How much VAT will you save to subsidize what appears to be the most amazing overspending?
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If I spend £1666 I dont get a penny back . If I spend £2000 I get £332 back .Since a lot of good machines are £1200 and upwards I thought I would say £2000 to see what corkers came out of the woodwork.
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Unless you need fancy graphics or something more esoteric, even £1200 sounds excessive.
You can get a pretty decent workstation for 700 to 800 quid, add a decent SSD and call it £900 to £1000; forget the VAT and save yourself 600 to 700 notes.
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Buy 3 at 700 each, call it a private cloud - 3X the fun and can claim.
You say for dev, go desktop:
if you want descent multi mon (multi 4k?)
better CPU/GPU (lappies either cut down C/GPU or they run hotter then a toaster),
less native USB & and lousy multi SSD support.
Or 2 X desktop, 1 X lap as a "cloud"
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Andrew Torrance wrote: No monitor needed
If you don't want a monitor, then I'd eliminate lappies immediately.
Hope that helps!
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Or a lappie for £1999 and a quid for a screwdriver.
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I currently have 2 Gigabyte Brix Pros:
Small footprint (mounts on back of monitor using VESA mount
Intel core 7 CPU, Intel Iris Pro graphics
Comes with no HD - I have 2 1TB SSD inside
Wifi, Bluetooth, 4 USB ports, HDMI port, others (check specs)
No memory, I have 16GB in each
Bought mine from NewEgg
Advantages: small footprint; very quiet, unless the CPU is stressed
Cons: only 4 USB ports (2 2.0, 2 3.0) - everything is external (4 TB HD)
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Does it comes with Windows 10?
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Nope - empty machine, you put whatever you want on it.
What, you don't have .iso files of all windows OSes, Linux, and MS-DOS archived?
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In case you move sometimes, a good laptop (lenovo t460p/s or better) with great specs and a proper docking station and you'll be able to use it wherever you need it.
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