Recommended specs for Windows Development computer.

Dalton Calford dalton.calford at gmail.com
Thu Oct 3 14:05:33 EDT 2019


Try Vmware Fusion - you can run windows without needing a dual boot - you
just need a windows 10 licence.

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 14:04, Erik Beugelaar via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would advise this hardware:
>
> - LGA 1152 motherboard (with PCIe ports)
> - Intel i5 processor
> - 8GB RAM or more
> - 256GB SSD or better 256GB M.2 NVMe if supported by your Mac
>
> OR use VM's (which I am using on a 32GB Mac machine):
>
> - Expand your current RAM in your Mac to at least 16GB or more if possible
> - Replace all mechanical HDD's with SATA SSD or even better M.2 NVMe SSD
> (minimum 512GB)
> - Use Parallels Desktop
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> On 03/10/2019, 19:49, "use-livecode on behalf of Martin Koob via
> use-livecode" <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     I need to buy a new desktop PC to be used for LiveCode development
> including using the new camera control and the player as I am working on a
> cross platform application for Mac and Windows.
>
>     I have been developing the application  on on a Mac to this point but
> need to have the PC for testing and debugging in a Windows environment.
>
>     Being a Mac guy I am not sure what I should look for in a PC—
> processor, speed, RAM, etc. I bought a cheap desktop  PC, an Acer AXC-230 a
> year or so ago for that purpose but that is painfully slow. So I don’t want
> to make that mistake again.
>
>     With the comments on speed problems on Windows in the earlier thread I
> don’t want to get something underpowered.
>
>     Any suggestions? What are people using?
>
>     Thanks in advance.
>
>     Martin Koob
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
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