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    Notebook Recommendations for Visual Studio/SQL Developer

    Discussion in 'HP' started by BBibble, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. BBibble

    BBibble Newbie

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    Hello! I'm looking for a laptop that will allow me to efficiently run Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Management Studio 2005.

    Can anyone here recommend a Compaq notebook suited for a .NET developer? My company is suggesting the 8510p, but I have heard that Visual Studio is sluggish on that machine.
     
    BBibble, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    what is wrong with 6700t running these softwares??? they are vista compatible, aren't they??
     
    prabhg, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    no,hp 8510 is great :D
     
    Xirurg, Jul 17, 2008
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    i don't know about what anybody else is using...I've been using my HP9308nr for about the last year with both Visual Studio and SQL Server.
    :D
     
    susi, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    Could someone speculate how would my laptop fair with both these softwares performance and compatibility wise??
     
    prabhg, Jul 17, 2008
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    bondeg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the 8510p and it was a base 1GB ram machine and added a 2gb ram stick and at 3gb it is a very good machine. I am a developer as well and i actually use a vmware server windows 2003 server virtual session with 1 gb of ram using visual studio 2005 and sql server 2005 express. I have been using the notebook for 8 months as a development machine and it has been a great buy. I added a bigger drive and I just went from a t7300 to a t9300 processor which is a big improvement on heat and noise. If you can get a base 1gb ram t9300 version of the 8510p and then update the ram and possibly the hard drive after will get you a very good development machine without the premium price you pay for addons. The 1680x1024 resolution is very good and i would never go back to a smaller resoultion on the 15" notebook.

    Gary Bonde
     
    bondeg, Jul 17, 2008
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