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Quick Survey - What's on your Dev Box?

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Dan Mosely from the VSCore team wants to know how many of our developers are using dual processor development (not production) machines. Please respond in the comments: 

Q1: Are you using a dual processor developer machine today? (Yes/No)

Q2: Do you plan on using a dual processor developer machine in the next 0-2 years? (Yes/No)

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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: hyperthreaded
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2) No, although I might use a processor with Hyper-Threading technology.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. single Hyperthreaded proc
    2) yes
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2) Only if Half-Life 2 requires it
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2. Hadn't planned either way.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: No
    Q2: Hyperthreaded
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: I have two systems that are Dual-XEON with HyperThreading enabled, running WinXP.
    Q2: My home system will also become dual-XEONS pretty soon in order to run multiple VPC virtual machines for Longhorn and Whidbey....er, VS2005...beta testing. (For me, it's better to scale up rather than scale out for development/build machines...)
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2. Would love one but do not know 100% for sure.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1. At work, no, I have a P3 @ 1ghz. At home (I code at home a lot, too :), I have a P4 @ 3ghz w/ Hyper-threading.

    Q2. I have no plans of getting a dual proc machine, unless I happen to get a P4 which supports hyper threading (as much as I'd like to get a new machine at work, it sadly isn't look very likley atm).
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    I just got new P4Cs @home and @work (3.2 GHz @home; 2.6 @work) a few months ago, so I doubt I'll get a real dual-CPU system any time soon. On the other hand, looking 3-5 years out, Intel and AMD should be dual-core pretty much everywhere (unless they radically switch directions again), so my next desktop will probably be dual core.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: No
    Q2: If dual-CPU laptops come along with halfway sensible price and battery life.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    No and No
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: Are you using a dual processor developer machine today? (Yes/No)
    No

    Q2: Do you plan on using a dual processor developer machine in the next 0-2 years? (Yes/No)
    Yes
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. Yes. Just got a new one (2x2.8G) and retired old one (2x733M).
    2. Yes
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: Yes (2 dual system actually)
    Q2: Will continue with the above, just upgraded them!
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Yes - Multi-processor ewnvironment
    Yes - Once you go dual, you would be a fool to go back
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: Yes, dual Athlon (I'm cheap, alright)
    Q2: If I could talk them into it at work, heck yes.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: No
    Q2: No. Not worth the extra expense.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Yes - My desktop machine is a dual PIII 733 that is pretty well dated, but I still use it. My laptop is not. If I buy another desktop, it will be either a dual processor or hyperthreaded system.

    Yes, unless hyperthreading gets me the same performance. I'd have to look into that when I do a replacement.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: Yes, both a dual AMD Athlon and dual AMD64 Opteron.
    Q2: I won't ever go back.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Dual Hyper-Threaded P4's at 2.67
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2) No
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Yes - Dual Xeon
    Yes
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. Yes dual Xeon with HyperThreading
    2) Guess
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. ya - dual Xeon with HyperThreading
    2) most definitely
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No, although several of my collegues are.
    2) Yes.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    No
    HT at minimum
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. 3.0 ghz Single Proc - HyperThreaded.
    2. Yes - Dual HyperThreaded.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2. Likely
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    1: My dev system is a P4 3.0 GHz HT with dual monitors as well <g>
    2: Planning on switching all dev systems to either HT or dual physical processors soon
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. No
    2) No (at least not planned now)
    This applies both to my dev boxen at the office and at home
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. 2.4 GHz HT
    2) definitely
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    1.No
    2.No
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: Hyperthreaded
    Q2: Hyperthreaded
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    Q1: HyperThreaded
    Q2: No. Don't think the set of applications I use will benefit enough from dual procs.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
    NO
    NO
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2004
  1. 3.2Ghz HT at office and 2x PIII-800 at home.
    2. Yes, at least HT, but probably 2x HT.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1: Are you using a dual processor developer machine today?
    Naah

    Q2: Do you plan on using a dual processor developer machine in the next 0-2 years?Nope
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
  1. No
    2. No. (I don't make that kind of plan.)

    I was using a dual P3 but the motherboard died. It was good.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    We have 5 developers in our shop and we are all using dual processor AMD Opterons machines for development.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1. Yes
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1. No.
    Q2. No.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1. Yes, with HT.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1. No
    Q2. No

    Don't see the need in a dev environment. Total overkill.

    Dual monitor, yes. I think VS.NET could improve in its dual monitor support.
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
    Q1: No
    Q2: No
  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2004
  1. Dual PCs on my desk but not dual processor
    2. No plans at the moment.
  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2004
    Q1: No (upto 4 weeks ago yes (dual PIII), now swapped to hyperthreaded P4)
    Q2: No
  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2004
    Q1: 3.04 GHz Hyperthreaded
    Q2: Yes
  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2004
  1. no (have in the past)
    2) probably not unless they start doing laptops (as some others have indicated).
  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2004
  1. Have been for two years, both at home and at work
    2) Never going back (hype-threading doesn't cut it)
  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2004
    Q1: P4 HT, 2.8 Ghz and 3.0 Ghz, each in a Dell PowerEdge 400SC. Cheap and fast. Love 'em.
    Q2: Yes.
  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2004
    Great, this will help us choose what test machines to buy. It looks like ~51% have multiproc now and 63% expect to have it in the next couple years. Perhaps the numbers would have been higher if everybody had counted hyperthreading. For example, several people said they were waiting for a multiproc laptop, but as far as I know /hyperthreading/ laptops been out for a while.
    Thanks everybody.
    Dan