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ha! so you understand! ^_^
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The part about VM hosts, or the part about employees getting ridiculously high-spec'ed machines resulting into bloated software?
The latter part rings particularly true to me; I remember reading some article decades ago written by someone who was complaining about Windows (and Microsoft software in general) getting bloated, and suggesting that employees should be forced to use old machines that barely meet stated system requirements for a month...and speculating that as a result you'd find a lot of their software suddenly going through some serious optimization.
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And how much of that are you actually using?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Only 40GB so far! 
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I could load up all of my development tools, Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), a bunch of Chrome tabs, and maybe a game or two and still not hit 20GB. The only thing I do not use is SQL Server, but that would not push that number much higher. So the 128GB I have on my desktop is mostly unused.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I have to ask: what do you need that amount of RAM for?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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it's a good question!
I am new here so dunno...
Anyway, checking, the main solution I work with has 541 project.. when building Visual Studio is consuming 15GB, when debugging same. and the editor with a demo (very simple) level uses 2GB...
Well I guess at this stage I am unsure why I need so much... But I guess it's important to someone... 
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I thought you might be doing some crazy modelling or 3D rendering or bitcoin mining or something, but hey, if they give you the RAM who's going to say "no thanks" 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well.. the App I am working on is the Frostbite Editor, for the artists to do their work. So heaps of 3D rendering! 
But me, being the new guy here, I only ever opened toy levels so far... 
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Well enjoy!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've read that VS 2022 will be 64bits all the way through. I could imagine someone wants you to take advantage of that.
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we're certainly ready for that! ^_^
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I get 3 eggs a day from 4 chickens.
They can count. I can count.
Somebody knows they're slacking. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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OMG! You are a chicken slaver! 
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Make some chicken soup, and eat a bowl of it by the coop... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Be 100% sure of which one you get for the next barbeque, not that you get 0 eggs the following day 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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there's a rooster in the henhouse 
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I've spent the day turning (expensive) wood into (copious) sawdust.
New kitchen cupboard doors: 14 cupboards, 4 drawers, plus one spare cupboard just in case : that's 38 styles, 38 rails, 76 mortices, and 76 tenons.
My hands are like claws, but the wood is all sized, morticed, tenoned and ready for a light tenon sanding and dry fit, then I can cut the insert panels and start the glue up.
Software is a whole load easier ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yeah but you look at the cabinets everyday and the satisfaction knowing what it took is very rewarding.
I made two pullout cabinets on either side of our island stove and every time I pass them I am proud.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Wow  . I am always impressed by folks with mechanical aptitude, especially craftsmanship like woodworking.
I come from a family of these types of people. My grandfather's name is on a patent for one of the first motorized hospital beds, as he designed and fabricated the mount for the motor as well as the lifting mechanism. My uncle was a "tool and die" man. My stepfather is a retired electrical engineer and a DaVinci-style Renaissance man. He wrote software, built a couple sail boats, and could design and fabricate just about anything from wood, aluminum, or steel. My brother is a car and motorcycle wizard. He has repaired or rebuilt more vehicles than I can count.
My craftsmanship is limited to software. While I'm fairly proud of the work I do, I still feel limited in comparison.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I try to do woodwork but my father was a Master Carpenter and could do amazing things with wood I can't even attempt. He would cut things to length by eye and they would fit to the millimeter! When he jointed two bits of wood together there was no gap, none; you could hardly see the join if they were aligned grain-wise! Luckily, he couldn't program for toffee so I got a chance to even things up. Well, not really, because he was also a Master Fitter and invented and built custom machines to do things. He designed and built a machine (some kind of drill jig, I think) to help make the machines that built parts for Spitfires. During WWII he tried to join up but they wouldn't let him - for obvious reasons. He invented all kinds of things including a paint colour mixer/shaker machine that I see a version of in use at Home Depot (although apparently three different people invented this more or less simultaneously). His company kept all the patents on his stuff so we got nothing out of them but pride. Oh well.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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� Forogar � wrote: He would cut things to length by eye and they would fit to the millimeter!
That's amazing. I measure, measure, and measure again and then cut and I'm still off by a lot. 
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Stop blocks and a cross cut mitre saw. They are a life saver!
Trust me on this.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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