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Re: Are there any good date/time libraries for .NET that allow chang

Patrik Husfloen — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:53:54 GMT

I think xUnit has Freeze and Thaw attributes for fiddling with the date time, but I'm not entirely sure if that's what you're looking for? /Patrik

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Brad Wilson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:17:24 GMT

But not just any SSD, because almost all of them have random write speeds slower than that 5400 RPM drive. Get Intel X-25 or anything based on the Indilinx

Are there any good date/time libraries for .NET that allow changing.

Mark Levison — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:49:06 GMT

...on the fly for Acceptance testing? This item that I wrote last week has got a lot of love from Java

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Mike — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:28:07 GMT

Be wary of those. I do think the 5400 rpm hard drive is truly something to be avoided. Atwood agrees and recommends an SSD:

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Marc Guyott — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:05:39 GMT

Here is my favorite. I was thinking of picking one up and upgrading to 4GB or RAM. Black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115655

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Mike — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:06:41 GMT

... That's no problem if John Resig was the guy who designed your language, but we don't often get to choose our designers do we... :) Mike

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Brad Wilson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:57:48 GMT

I use Visual Studio all the time on a 1280x800 screen, or even on a 1024x768 projector (the way we pair for xUnit.net). It's completely tolerable if you're not

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Roy Green — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:53:34 GMT

Of course, it won't do you any good yet, as it isn't generally available, but check out the Acer laptop that Microsoft gave to developers at the Professional

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Richard Howells — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:52 GMT

Gotta say I think VS sucks on a small screen. Maybe you can tolerate it. I’ll second the RAM/disk advice. My last laptop had 2Gb. It was really only

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Stuart Laughlin (Lists) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:11 GMT

... Madness! We've failed as developers. --Stuart

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Mark Levison — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:40:28 GMT

Minimum: 4 gigs RAM (8 is better) and 7200 rpm harddrive. 5400 will sloooooooow you down. Cheers Mark *Mark Levison* | Co-Founder and Consultant -

Re: Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Paul van Brenk — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:29:42 GMT

Try to get one with a lot of ram and a speedy disk, VS likes both. So a mini is a bad idea for 'serious' development. Paul

Mini or Small Laptop for .NET Development

Mike — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:23:41 GMT

I am in the market for a small laptop, perhaps a mini, or perhaps up to 14 inches, and running Windows 7, and capable of serious .net development and reading.

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John Elliot — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:06:35 GMT

... s/its/it's/

Google wave invites

Mark Levison — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:24:48 GMT

Ok so this group has been mostly dead in recent months, but its still provided me some good help over the years. To repay that favour I have 8 Google Wave