Java vs Other developers

May 9, 2012

Posted By:  AlfromRoke

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I have been reading all the ideas here and I am starting to get the impression Java developers need an entirely seperate model as the apparant requirements of Java are on an entirely different level from for example web developers (either php, node.js, coldfusion, phonegap etc.).

Java seems to need (according to the other idesa):

  • CPU: i5 or i7
  • RAM: At least 8 GB
  • Disk: Harddrive, as apparantly 128 GB is already a bottleneck during compilation [1]
  • Screen: More than 13" seems to be the general impression 
  • GPU: Unimportant
[1] E.g. http://www.ideastorm.com/idea2ReadIdea?v=1336547297892&id=087700000008i0QAAQ

Webdevelopers (according to my own needs and those I seem to summize from the other ideas):
  • CPU: i5 is enough (although i7 is nice)
  • RAM: 4 GB is enough
  • Disk: Solid state (a lot of space isn't needed)
  • Screen: 13" is do-able although 14.*" might be the sweet spot
  • GPU: Not important, but relatively more and more web applications are starting to rely on heavier graphics so might be useful.
  • (And due to the lower hardware requirements it should be able to make it entirely silent)
In other words, for web developers a 'ultrabook' seems to be the way to go, although for java developers a high-end Inspiron 15R based notebook with 8 GB of memory seems to be quite good.

Either way, my point is, trying to please both groups might result in a product which is not powerfull enough for java developers and too expensive or too bulky for web developers .

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    Posted By: cote

    Thanks for summerizing these two different sets of requirements. I think it's true that Java developers need more horse-power than "web developers" (to use the wrong phrase) and it'll be interesting to see how the two groups shake out with respect to the hardware setups they need. One thing is pretty clear, though: more RAM is always welcomed.
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    Posted By: leif81

    An 8GB stick of memory is the same physical size as a 4GB one. The rest of the differences are negligible. Many devs will be choose to hook this up to a 24"+ monitor anyways. I think Ultrabooks will be perfectly fine for Java dev so long as we can customize the RAM size in the order.