I’ve gone pretty much ‘USB everything’ so all the extras stay in the bag until needed. USB serial port, USB ethernet adapter ( I hear you about sometimes needing two NICs! ), USB CD/DVD-RW. The weight still adds up on the shoulder, but the base machine then requires nothing more than a USB port (or … Read more
I wouldn’t recommend Netbooks personally for the following reasons: Small keyboard. Your programmers are most likely going to hate the small keyboard after a short time period. Productivity killer. Possibly slow speed. For running the software depending on which processor you get it may be quite slow compared to what they could use – this … Read more
This is the perfect use case for Microsoft Intune. While it is primarily known as an MDM solution, it also has PC management capabilities as well, such as app deployment and patch management. It’s also completely cloud-based and is licensed on a per-device per-month basis, so it can scale as you grow. If you’re already … Read more
Interface (connectors): laptop PATA vs SATA http://www.laptopparts101.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sata-ide-laptop-hard-drive.jpg Parallel ATA a.k.a. IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UDMA and PATA — legacy, wide 40-pin connector for disks produced few years ago. In case of notebook drives pins are smaller, and there is also power supply in the same plug. Serial ATA (SATA) — modern connector. Most modern laptops use … Read more
Its actually possible to Run ESX as a virtual machine on your laptop:-) See the PDF here (Run VMWare ESX 3.5 & ESXI on Server 2.0 link) Also here Ran pretty well on a Dell laptop – as long as the Processor has V enabled in the bios and is compatible
Short answer: yes, this will damage your battery. Take it out for extended periods when it’s not going to be used. Lithium Ion batteries (as in your laptop) have a pretty short life anyway. Even if you leave it sitting on a shelf, never used, within 5 years or so it will be useless (which … Read more
The problem is that allowing people do unpaid overtime on their own kit is very cheap, so managers aren’t so willing to stop it; but will of course be happy to blame IT when there’s a leak… Only a strongly enforced policy is going to prevent this. It’s down to management where they want to … Read more