Re: PC Tech Specs for RDi

On 8/30/2012 9:50 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:

Hi folks -

I've googled around, and couldn't find what I was looking for. Thought
it was a midrange thread a while back, but couldn't find it.

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/products/rdp/ 'System
Requirements' link to the right.

What are your thoughts for a new PC configuration for RDi? This would
be for RPG/CL/DDS programmers, with an eventual move toward things
like PHP for some of the developers. A robust machine that's 'beefy'
enough to perform normal office functions as well as editing and
testing programs. Monitor ideas would be good too.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks!

In my opinion, any PC made in the last 3 years or so will be just fine.
This includes pretty much any laptop, although I am addicted to my twin
17 inch monitors. At home, I have a 10 year old 2.4GHz Athlon with 2GB
of RAM that runs WDSCi 7.0.0.8 just fine (startup is slow, but once
running, I'm very satisfied with response) and RDP 8.5 seems to have a
smaller footprint than WDSCi had. I base that on my new Windows 7 PC
with both WDSCi and RDP running. Startup is pretty quick and response
is quite good. My benchmark is: open Word and Excel, along with 5-10
tabs on Firefox. If you're happy with how Excel responds, you'll be
happy with RDP.

Intel E7500 Core2 Duo 2.93GHz
4GB RAM
300GB 7200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s HDD
twin 17 inch displays
IBM model M keyboard (made in 1984)
Logitech M570 wireless Trackman trackball mouse
Windows 7 Professional

I am an RPG/DDS/CL programmer. The keyboard changes jobs with me. :-)
I completely concur with other posters: put more RAM in the box. All
the newfangled things (not just RDP) are Java based, and oh, do they eat
memory!
--buck