I hate to be the Mac pusher....(well, no I don't)
I would at least consider a Macintosh - Powerbook/iBook.
Mac OS X is an excellent platform for Java development (and development in general).
The G4 processor is very energy efficient and you will find that you can get 5+ hours of battery life on new Apple laptops.
mike h
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On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Arnett, Matt wrote:
After reading my original post I forgot to list an app server running too, probably WebLogic 8 or 9.
I plan to get 1 gig or ram but anymore than that gets really pricey.
My biggest hang-up on the Centrino is that for the price of a 1.6 to 2.0 GHz, I could get a standard
HT 3.0 GHz processor for about the same money. But it sounds like a Pentium M 1.6 is fairly
comparable in speed to a HT 3.0. Not sure how Intel pulled that off.
Thanks,
-Matt
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From: robert.cheek@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:robert.cheek@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:24 AM
To: Arnett, Matt
Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] Centrino
We're not using Centrino, per se (our policy prohibits wireless devices on
the laptops we order), but we're running Pentium M 1.6GHz laptops with 2GB
of RAM, and they are comparable in speed and performance to our 3GHz
minitowers (also 2GB of RAM, SATA disks, etc.). We run a 18,000 class java
app in WebSphere, ClearCase, Lotus Notes, WSAD, DB2, and assorted other
miscellaney without any problem. Probably the worst thing about it is that
the disk subsystem is slower than the towers, so startup times are longer
for the apps, but once they're running, you're good.
We ordered both towers and laptops for some of our senior guys just because
of that concern, and all of them have pretty much abandoned the towers due
to the fact that the performance is so similar.
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Rob Cheek
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Sorry, I don't have any free gmail accounts to offer :-0
Does anyone know how the Centrino processor based laptops perform for
typical java development work? i.e. running and IDE, a DB server, ant
(cranking away at unit tests), maybe a couple other apps running.
If you have any links that compare non-centrino to centrino performance
that would help too.
Thanks,
-Matt
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