Muhaha!!

[runfrodorun]

no thanks, but the point is yeah good job jacmoe....

[jacmoe]

Damn, wish I knew this was an option before I bought a laptop to do stuff at work.
I'm thinking of upgrading my home pc to something like a dual 6 core xeon and maybe three 30" monitors. Anybody want to give me some cash?

Thank you for your awesome-beyond-comparison comment.

I have a MacBook Pro and even though I like the hardware and MacOSX I strongly disagree with their patent trolling so I probably won't buy more of their products unless they shine too hard

I am definitely more productive on GNU/Linux when it comes to any development but MacOSX with XCode is still far better in my eyes than all the MSVC behemonts. I would suggest a quad core with Linux as the more economical and arguably more productive choice. I basically bought the MacBook out of curiosity and I don't regret it but I wouldn't like MacOSX on my big workstation as much as Linux.

Yeah - you are right.
I tend to be more productive in Linux too.
And besides: Textmate can be replaced by Emacs.. (Already using it =)
I think I can get something for less than $1,000 - I can always upgrade when I get well off.
Most important features is a graphics card with 1GB video ram, and a quad core with more than 6 GB of system ram.
Then I can always upgrade to SSD disc, Corsair PSU ..., 27" monitor..

I can always get hold of a second-hand Mac later - as it doesn't have to have *umph* to be my second machine.

Good luck with the campaign!

Thanks a lot!