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Old specs:
Pentium Dual Core
8GB crappy ram
5400rpm hdd
1366 x 768 screen
New specs:
Core i7
16GB ram
sata3 ssd
1080p screen
Am I a happy developer today! Surprisingly it's more screen than anything else which is really making the difference (although it is insanely fast as well, eats and sh*ts Visual Studio with ReSharper)
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Going from the old dual core to the i7 is really a huge leap...  
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And the SSD. Holy crap does that make a difference.
What brand did you purchase?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I have a whole slew of machines...
Two Core i7 desktops, one is a Gateway gamer machine the other is a gamer machine put together by a one of the companies that advertises on TigerDirect, one older Pentium processor gamer desktop that I don't use much anymore plus I have a Core i3 laptop that I run Linux on, and two Linux servers that run services (source control and file share).
I used to have an SSD on my Linux laptop but I had RedHat on that and switched over to another drive with Ubuntu on it (kept the old RedHat but haven't used it since I swapped).
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Ultimate power in a laptop may have its downside  . My laptop has :-
Fast I7 processor
32GB Ram
Dual raid-striped SSDs
Kick-ass NVidea graphics
Bluray writer
But it's been away for warranty repair for the last 5 weeks after having mysteriously died whilst in sleep mode overnight. So far it's had
New motherboard (twice)
New graphics card (twice)
both SSDs replaced
a new touchpad
a new 'sub-board' (whatever that is)
...and still it has an intermittent fault that they can't get rid of
Whereas my old Core I3 rubbish machine, which I've had to switch back to in the meantime, still works perfectly.
Be careful what you wish for...
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Somalia to Vegas..!!!!!!!.... 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Great.
Now, set it aside for playing games, and do all your developing on the old machine.
That way, your programs won't run like molasses on customer machines.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Pretty soon, I expect to see the Silver Surfer flying around.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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First it's crop circles now big holes in the ground. Can't trust them reindeer herders they're probably going out with shovels at night. 
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
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I do love vi.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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I can see why you love vi[^]. I quite like vii[^] myself.
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Didn't get the link, but the woman is stunning.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Carlo, you of all people should have got the reference to the way numbers were written back in Roman times. To explain - the first woman is 6 from BSG. The second is 7 of 9 (and that was one of the more SFW pictures I could find for her).
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Sorry I'm rather dull (Carlo needs more ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) ): Are the women numbered in the series?
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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OK, thanks. After all, I need more science fiction, as well!
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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so you can make the internet more musical.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Netbeans, new fuel to power the internet?
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
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As I said before, writing C++ using Java powered IDEs is frustrating.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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From Article: The couple, who lived in the town of Coon Rapids, Minnesota
 That's about 20 miles from where I live.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Well get off the internet! We don't want your virus! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Um... That's... Not mine.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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