Dell Precision T3500 Computer Workstation
I recently upgraded my development PC to a Dell Quad Core T3500 and in the process went from Windows XP to Windows 7. Upgrading is always a painful experience because I have installed so much software over the years, and getting it all to work on a new platform can take months. I took the opportunity to upgrade most of the core tools that I use and thought it would be revealing to list them here:
- Windows 7
- Office 2007
- Firefox 3.5
- SlickEdit 14, (with Vi bindings of course!)
- SecureCRT 6.5
- WS_FTP 12 Professional
- ActiveState ActivePerl 5.10
- ActiveState ActivePython 3.1
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 9.0
- COAST Webmaster 4.1 (yes ten years old now, and Coast are no longer around)
- ULEAD PhotoImpact 12
- Adobe PhotoShop Elements 8
- MKS Toolkit
Many more random packages to add, but these at least allow me to work. So far I have been very happy with my upgrade. What I find interesting is that every 3 years I buy a new machine and it always seems to cost around three grand. Why is that?