RE: WDSCi minimum hardware to install (was: WebSphere dev studio 5.1)

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Buck
> 
> It's an interesting question, since it's my money we're talking about
for
> my
> machine at work.  Am I better off to sink a little money into an
antique,
> or
> spend twice that and have an essentially new machine altogether?  Most
> importantly, what will She Who Must Be Obeyed think?  I can hear her
> now...
> <cue dream music> 'Why would you spend money for a machine at work
that
> does
> EXACTLY what yours does now when you could upgrade our old PC here at
> home?'
> <dream music ends with screetch> Ouch.

And then there's the argument for the "desktop replacement" laptop that
you can use both at work and at home.  With the appropriate docking
station hardware, you're talking an investment perhaps 10 times what
we're talking now <grin>.

To this point, I'm going to kick in with a couple of observations:

Pluta's First Law of Computer Price Relativity: a fairly high-end
workstation will always cost around $1500.

Pluta's Second Law of Computer Price Relativity: that workstation will
be slow in a year, barely usable in two and a boat anchor in three.

Pluta's Corollary: IT professionals should budget somewhere between $500
and $1500 per year for hardware.  Figure that into your compensation
calculations when looking at offers.

Joe