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2009 ultimate developer rig

I know this has been asked before, but nothing recent.

I am looking for what is more important in new laptop : Processor, Graphic Ram(considering VS 2010!),RAM.

I mostly work on ASP.NET MVC,WPF and Silverlight Apps. Occasionally do need to fire up Sharepoint 2007 Virtual PC.

Apps I run 90% of the time : Visual Studio 2005/2008, FireFox,IE, WPF Apps, Silverlight Apps, FeedDemon, ANTS Profiler. I am not into games, may be just once a month of gaming love :)

I have zeroed in on HP HDX 16t, but have few questions regarding configuration : -> Should I opt for 4GB OR 6GB OR 8GB RAM?. -> Is there enough perfermonace difference between P7450 vs P8600 to justify $200 more? -> Should I go for 512MB Graphics Card or 1GB Graphics Card (both from nVidia)

Please do keep in mind VS 2010 too, since it's a WPF app, I assume it may require graphic memory.

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this is hardly about the 'best' laptop since you're worried about the justification of the price. if you're looking for 'best', then there is no way around the new Cyber System S17 laptop with a Core i7 CPU (3.06 GHz) and nVidia Geforce GTX280M graphics. this is the first i7 laptop to emerge but other manufacturers will follow suit. – Molly7244 Oct 10 '09 at 10:06
Molly, I know i7 got to be good, but it's out of my budget. You are right it's best laptop in a subjective sense for me. – Parag Mehta Oct 10 '09 at 10:38
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Please don't post duplicate posts. SU is a canonical source therefore existing questions are updated. Feel free to update the existing question regarding this. It should also have been posted as CW. Please read the FAQ to understand what is allowed on SU. – Diago Oct 10 '09 at 11:37
What do you mean by duplicate post ? How should I know that I should search for title "ultimate developer rig" ? May be make the damn search work right. – Parag Mehta Oct 10 '09 at 14:46
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@Parag. I suggest you adjust your attitude. In your question you specifically mention that you know it's been asked before. Also searching for developer computer comes up with a few hits, including the one selected as a dupe. Not that hard to find. I suggest you spend some time getting to know the site before you start making assumptions about what works and what doesn't. – Diago Oct 10 '09 at 20:01
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closed as exact duplicate by Diago Oct 10 '09 at 11:36

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You didn't mention Disk, but get the fastest possible.
WPF should do fine on a 512 MB graphics card. I run the 2010 beta on an older laptop (I think 64 MB graphics) and that works OK.

I would value more RAM over a faster CPU. You're only going to notice the CPU speed when actually compiling. When switching windows etc it is the disk + RAM that is more important.

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