Re: what kind of computer for programmer ?

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:08:09 -0500, Johan \MrDutchy\ van den
Broek wrote
(in article <d9omqq$7uf$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

>> * Speed of the disk the compile is done on (a ramdisk is best for fast
>> compiles)
>
> Thats a nice idea, does anyone know of a trustable and free tool for
> windows (xp) i could use?

Add more memory to your machine instead, it serves almost the
same purpose, but pays off in everything you do, instead of just
compiles. Same goes for hard drives. If you have a slow
hard drive, it's hurting everything you do. A SATA RAID 0
layout across a few small (less expensive) drives for doing I/O
intensive tasks would be quite nice.

With a ramdisk, you still have to copy everything into it, then
back out, etc. The file system buffer cache does almost as well
with a lot of RAM.

.

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