Dougmeister
Programmer
My boss asked me what hardware I would need to program in MS Access 2000. I need to keep in mind that we may be upgrading to a more recent version of Access in the future.
Right now, I have a P4, 1.8 GHz Gateway w/ 512 MB RAM.
I am hoping that you all can give me a recommendation/justification for a new machine.
What makes the most impact when using Access from a development point of view? I would think that CPU and RAM, but not multiple CPU's.
(Multiple CPU's would not help Access, per se, but would help when multitasking between Access and other applications, right?)
Also, SCSI drives wouldn't help that much?
Same with RAID?
What about hyperthreading?
I'm thinking: (I looked at Dell)
Intel® Xeon™ Processor, 3.20GHz, 1MB L3 Cache
(fastest CPU I can find)
XP Professional (or 2000? Hyper-threading only available in XP; does Hyperthreading affect MS Access?)
1GB,DDR266 SDRAM Memory,ECC (2 DIMMS)
Your advice is appreciated. Thanks.
Right now, I have a P4, 1.8 GHz Gateway w/ 512 MB RAM.
I am hoping that you all can give me a recommendation/justification for a new machine.
What makes the most impact when using Access from a development point of view? I would think that CPU and RAM, but not multiple CPU's.
(Multiple CPU's would not help Access, per se, but would help when multitasking between Access and other applications, right?)
Also, SCSI drives wouldn't help that much?
Same with RAID?
What about hyperthreading?
I'm thinking: (I looked at Dell)
Intel® Xeon™ Processor, 3.20GHz, 1MB L3 Cache
(fastest CPU I can find)
XP Professional (or 2000? Hyper-threading only available in XP; does Hyperthreading affect MS Access?)
1GB,DDR266 SDRAM Memory,ECC (2 DIMMS)
Your advice is appreciated. Thanks.