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Hannibal wrote:
Hannibal wrote:
What about Visual C# 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express?
69.137.122.36 wrote:
Will do Visual C# Express later when I get a chance. Everything on this list is stuff I've installed already.
Ben wrote:
WinMerge (http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/)
Adam Vandenberg (http://adamv.com/) wrote:
For .NET development, Reflector:
http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/
Awesomely useful for seeing what the standard library is actually doing.
Hannibal (http://imoscar.com) wrote:
Rotor is really useful for seeing what the standard library is doing also.
Elling wrote:
Which laptop did you buy?
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
I got an HP Pavillion zv6203cl for $998.42 at Sam's Club. It's basically an updated version of the company laptop I was using, which I was pretty happy with. Plus, I had to get the computer in a hurry, and I wanted to pay about a grand, so given all of the above this made sense for me.
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
Update: Here are the specs. Only thing I don't like about the system so far is that the backspace key makes a different sound than the rest of the keys, so it's a little jarring when I have to backspace. 
Elling wrote:
Well... better focus on your typing accuracy then. So you'll have to use the backspace key less frequently.... 
Elling wrote:
Specs look fine, btw, except I'd say it was maybe a bit on the heavy side. But for $1000 it's probably a pretty good buy.
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
But for $1000 it's probably a pretty good buy.
Thanks. I thought so.
Will wrote:
I noticed you bought the computer i'm looking at. Now that you've had it a while, how do you like it? Weight, Noise, Heat, Speed? Also, did you buy it instore or online? Thanks for any help you might have!
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
It's a little heavy, but definitely has good sound for a laptop. The fans are noisier than I'd like -- I'm not sure the previous laptop I had (as I mentioned, basically the prior version of this current one) was as noisy, but it could have been and maybe I didn't notice. It gets as hot as any laptop I suppose. I bought it at Sam's Club, as I mentioned. Speed is fine, but I'm not a great judge because I'm not doing anything too demanding and haven't done speed comparisons.
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
One thing I've noticed is that the wireless card is sub-par... I'll be sitting next to someone else who's surfing the Internet and my laptop can't even find the connection. I've just updated the drivers... I'll see if that fixes it.
In any case, I likely wouldn't have bought this laptop if didn't need one in such a hurry. But, it's worked out well enough.
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