PC hardware requirements for .net development with VS

[Noobsa44]

Currently I?m running an AMD 3500 with about a Gig of RAM on Windows XP, and am thinking of upgrading, due to the occasional slowness. I?m wondering what you guys think is the basic requirements for developing fairly large .net projects and then running them the compiled projects in a VM (Windows Vista). Has anyone had the chance to compare developing on a single core vs. a multi-core and is it worth upgrading to a multi-core system? I also would like to be able to future proof this for VS 2008, so anyone who has run the beta, I would be interested in the input. I would prefer not to have to upgrade more than the CPU and RAM, due to cost. Any suggestions on a reasonable and cheap upgrade path?

 

[Rangoric]

Not sure if yours is but I'd say dual core and 2gig of ram just in case.

I'm more sure on the 2gig then the Dual Core. A simple remote web site has a 722meg virtual size, and 38 threads ATM in VS 2008 Beta 2. Task Manager gives 100meg. Either way like I said its a simple site.

On a AMD 4000 X2 with 4gig on x64 it runs really well for me, so I don't see it being too much of a hassle for you. Its been running about the same as 2005 performance wise.

Just don't open an aspx page if you are using a master page, lots of java and other things in split view. Some kind of issue that takes forever to get through. Then again its beta and a new feature so *shrug*

 

[George P Burdell]

Make sure you pick a 64bit OS which will allow you to upgrade to 4GB RAM in the future.