I added a requirement for my new computer since Smalltalk Solutions: It has to be able to run gemstone/s 64 ;)<br><br>Yann<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Foster</b> <<a href="mailto:Smalltalk@jgfoster.net">
Smalltalk@jgfoster.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I went to <a href="http://www.dell.com">http://www.dell.com
</a> and entered '6V620-DDCWBC2' in the search box<br>and took each of the lowest-cost options and came up with US$439 for a 64-bit<br>machine with 1 GB of RAM and 160 GB of hard disk. I did some other poking<br>around and came up with a similar configuration for US$409 in their Small
<br>Business area. The offer code '6V620-DNDWHA2' will give you a notebook for<br>$699.<br><br>Your next computer should be a 64-bit machine.<br><br>James<br><br>On Tuesday 08 May 2007 12:30 pm, Martin McClure wrote:
<br>> > Could we have a few comments on the 64 bit hardware? I'm sure that<br>> > some folks understand the nuances but a few minutes on Wikipedia has<br>> > made my head hurt.<br>><br>> Yes, it'll do that. :-)
<br>><br>> > I assume that the processor needs to be 64 bit and this means either<br>> > AMD64 or Intel's Core 2 (Duo?)?<br>><br>> Correct. Any of the AMD 64-bit CPUs should work fine, as well as any
<br>> Intel processor with their 64-bit extensions.<br>><br>> > If I was going to setup a linux box using either RedHat/Suse<br>> > Enterprise x versions what would be an example hardware spec?<br>><br>
> Wide variations are possible, but I'll give some examples.<br>><br>> Machines I use (and successfully run GemStone on) are these:<br>><br>> My home desktop, built myself, components of various ages up to 3 years:
<br>> Athlon 64 CPU<br>> 2GiB DDR 400MHz RAM<br>> 1 350GB SATA 300 hard drive<br>><br>> My work desktop, a Dell Precision 390:<br>> Intel Core 2 duo 6600 dual-core CPU, 2.4GHz<br>> 2GiB DDR2 667MHz RAM
<br>> 2 350GB SATA 300 drives<br>><br>> My laptop, a MacBook manufactured in February 2007:<br>> Intel Core 2 duo T7200 dual-core CPU, 2.0GHz<br>> 2GiB DDR2 667MHz RAM<br>> 1 80G SATA drive<br>
><br>> I run Gentoo Linux on all of these (and the MacBook dual-boots with Mac<br>> OS X). Most other folks here at GemStone run Suse. Whatever you run, get<br>> the latest version.<br>><br>> Unless you're running a high-volume production system (please note that
<br>> I do not define "high-volume", YMMV) a single-core CPU, 1G of RAM, and a<br>> single SATA drive should do fine. Last I checked, you could build one of<br>> these for about $700 using fairly high-quality components. Each of the
<br>> commercial dual-core systems above cost about $1500.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> -Martin<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Seaside mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Seaside@lists.squeakfoundation.org">
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