Today I was looking for a way to extract files from a msi installation package when I found a blog just explaining how to do it:
Just a little bit more information on my new toy (the one I am planning to get)
Even not being the fastest possible configuration it is a pretty good one :)
Why did I need such a beast: Well, working as a software developer sometimes I find myself running Eclipse, Visual Studio as well a guest OS within Virtualbox (running VS and some other programs there also ;).
So I do believe (I'm not a expert in hardware) that a 4 core processor will be helpful; in the same way, 8 GB of memory doesn't seem that much :)
I considered to get a WD Raptor but it's too expansive here; also, I'll install 2 other HDs (that are sitting in my current machine) so I'll get some performance gains due to a more distributed load.
Do you have a raid 0 configuration? How does it perform? Is it reliable?
Right now I am considering to build a Raid 0 array also but I'm not sure. My past experience wih Raid 0 was not so good.
Adriano
Component Detail Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R Processor INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB 1.333MHz Memoty 8 Gb - G.SKILL DDR2 800 Cooler ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Power 550W - Seventeam Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 Optico Video Card Geforce XFX 8600GT 256MB
HD 750GB SEAGATE
For some time now, my computer started to give me signs that its time is coming. It's a pity since it is only 2 years old and has a not so bad configuration.
For me, it's always a dichotomy between a pain and a pleasure when I need to figure out a new configuration. Should I go for a brand computer or should I build it myself? Should I by the latest/fastest/expansive(est) :) processor/memory/whatever (in a useless try to protect my investment) or should I stick to more affordable parts? Please, keep in mind that I live in Brasil and here computers are not so cheap as in some other places.
Anyway, just for fun, I am dumping all my previous computer's configuration along side my wishes for the new one:
Well, what can I say? Current PC, RIP :)
What do you think?
Adriano
Year
Processor
Freq.
# Core
RAM
Hard Disk
Graphics Card
Internet
1989
6502
0,75 Mhz
1
256 Kb
NA
OnBoard
NA
1992
Ciryx 486 DLC
40 Mhz
1
4 Mb
100 Mb
Trident
NA
1996
Pentium 100
100 Mhz
1
16 Mb
1.0 Gb
?
28 Kbps
1999
Athlon 400
400 Mhz
1
128 Mb
30 Gb
4 Mb
56 Kbps
2002
Athlon XP 2.1
1.8 Ghz
1
512 Mb
60 Gb
AGP 64Mb
350 Kbps
2006
Athlon 64 3.8 X2
2.0 Ghz
2
2.0 Gb
370 Gb
PCI-X 256Mb
2.0 Mbps
2008?
Core 2 Quad 9XXXX
> 2.50 Ghz
4
8.0 Gb
500 Gb
PCI-X 256Mb
6.0 Mbps
