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[Allen Shaw]

What a cool pile of information -- the whole thread. Honestly I should 
have upgraded long ago. Thanks for a ton of useful input.

Here also is an article from August (this year) that seems pretty 
useful, too: "Build a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap" 
<http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6824/1/>. This is such 
a fast-moving target that finding current stuff like this on the web is 
a daunting task.

- Allen

>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 4:02 PM, John Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Allen Shaw
>>> <allen at twomiceandastrawberry.com> wrote:
>>>> I'd love to hear any advice on what makes a good web developer's 
>>>> machine.
>>>> At this point I don't have a lot of places to ask, other than vendors
>>>> who'll just sell me as much as they can con me into.
>>>
>>> I just got a new MacBook Pro today, and I gave my one year old MacBook
>>> Pro to a co-worker. My new computer has a glossy display, and the
>>> reflection is terrible with a black background in the terminal. I am
>>> okay with a white background, which makes the reflection go away, but
>>> if you code on a black background, make sure you get a computer with a
>>> matte display.


-- 
Allen Shaw
TwoMiceAndAStrawberry.com

"Data Management, Web Applications, and the Meaning of Life"