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Subject:RE: System Requirements From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 May 2000 10:58:14 -0700
Ask what the other engineers have, then get a clone with a 21" monitor.
I'm serious; if your computer is a second-tier system compared to your
programmers, then the message being sent is that the tasks you have are
secondary in importance.
The system I just got for home use is more powerful than you'll probably get
and far less expansive that the one you will get:
650MHz Pentium III
128MB RAM
40 GB hard drive
8MB nVidia video card
sound card & speakers
DVD-ROM drive
CD-RW drive
56k fax modem
10-baseT network card
DSL modem
$1499
That's enough to run any and all the applications you mentioned--unless
you're running Windows NT, in which case I'd boost the memory by at least
64MB. I was thinking about adding a Zip drive, but with a CD-RW drive and
both CDRs and CDRWs at less than $1 each, there's probably no need.
--
"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled carpenters
don't get insulted when told they are not architects, but highly skilled
programmers do get insulted when they are told they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
by Jeff Johnson
Chuck Martin, Sr. Technical Writer
cmartin -at- serena -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bonita White [mailto:bwhite -at- mr -dot- marconimed -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:36 AM
> Subject: System Requirements
>
> I need hardware requirement information, please. I need to go give my
> boss the specification for my new system. Since this is the
> first time
> anyone has ever asked me what I actually need, of course I
> have no idea
> what to say. :-) What I do know is the software that I will need
> installed on my system. I will be running PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro,
> Acobat, FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Microsoft Office Professional, Micorsoft
> Publisher, and my internet system. I have asked for a CD
> writer, sound
> card, etc. So, what should I ask for as far as system
> requirements are
> concerned? I want to know what you think for memory, disk space, the
> whole nine yards.
>
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