Comments on: The Ultimate Development Machine? http://blog.mischel.com/2008/07/29/the-ultimate-development-machine/ Musings on technology and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Darrin Chandler http://blog.mischel.com/2008/07/29/the-ultimate-development-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Darrin Chandler Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:20:01 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=151#comment-3362 Too often computers are thought of as being in a single, catch-all category. Articles showing up talking about an ultimate game/developer/mobile machine seem to be making some distinction, but not in a meaningful way. Not all games require screamingly fast 3D acceleration, while some development does. Development is especially hard to pigeon-hole, since development comprises any areas for which computers actually get used. Too often computers are thought of as being in a single, catch-all category. Articles showing up talking about an ultimate game/developer/mobile machine seem to be making some distinction, but not in a meaningful way. Not all games require screamingly fast 3D acceleration, while some development does. Development is especially hard to pigeon-hole, since development comprises any areas for which computers actually get used.

]]> By: Roy Harvey http://blog.mischel.com/2008/07/29/the-ultimate-development-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 Roy Harvey Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:44 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=151#comment-3349 "If I need more storage, I’ll find a way to shoehorn a third drive into this Dell box." Or external. External doesn't have to mean slow any longer as eSATA (external SATA) enclosures, along with the bits to hook them into the box, are becoming common. There are even cards that give notebooks eSATA ports. “If I need more storage, I’ll find a way to shoehorn a third drive into this Dell box.”

Or external. External doesn’t have to mean slow any longer as eSATA (external SATA) enclosures, along with the bits to hook them into the box, are becoming common. There are even cards that give notebooks eSATA ports.

]]> By: Bruce C. Baker http://blog.mischel.com/2008/07/29/the-ultimate-development-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Bruce C. Baker Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:46:02 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=151#comment-3343 At first I thought commodification was a sort of typofopa for commoditization, but apparently it is a valid synonym: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodification But, yeah: Blech! At first I thought commodification was a sort of typofopa for commoditization, but apparently it is a valid synonym:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodification

But, yeah: Blech!

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