Laptops as Development Workstations
I've tried off and on over the years to maintain a laptop with a copy of my development tools, but time and time again I am disappointed by the horrific I/O performance. Hopefully down the road solid state disks will help, but at the current time i'm just a little bit depressed about how long my installation of FC8 updates is taking.
And if you are wondering why I'm running this now outdated distro, it's because it matches up well with a particular compiler kit I'm using at the moment.
Soon I will finish rebuilding my development network, which generally includes a WIndows XP Professional PC, an FC8 Tower Workstation, a file server (terrastation) and a laptop. The laptop is ONLY used to remote desktop into the other two systems when I'm working remotely.
posted by JonnyRo @ 6:47 PM
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I wonder if solid-state disks will ever happen. Currently the choice is either painfully slow or unbelievably expensive. I think at the moment the only answer is to build a Flash Drive that dumps into battery-backed static after boot. A dual system like that could give non-volatility and speed.
Part of the battle is public perception. The only solid-state drives that can outperform a cheesy IDE come at military prices, and even the slow ones aren't exactly cheap.
i agree, dual mode ssd's with battery backed ram sections seem ideal.
How much read/write does a user really need? a 4 GB buffer should kick ass I would think, and couldnt cost that much these days.
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