[Rails] Re: Will a Quad-core i5 processor significantly speed up development on Linux or Mac?

Michael and Greg, thanks for the info. You have saved me some money! I
will go for lots of RAM, and not be concerned about the latest
processor.

Chris, I couln't agree more on your comment that knowledge is the best
investment. However, the speed you are working at does come into play.
I was developing in Windows XP with Cygwin. When it took over 5
minutes to run a Cucumber scenario, I started to get real concerned.
Switching to use Virtual Box with Ubuntu changed running the same
scenario to 6-8 seconds. There are is a need for using the right tools
if you want to work competitively.

Thanks again to all.

Cheers,

Jet

On Sep 9, 2:40 am, Greg Willits <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Jet Thompson wrote:
> > I was curious to what extent this would speed up developing a Ruby on
> > Rails app
> > So is there a significant difference in the speed of, for example a
> > 2.4Ghz duo core, versus a 2.4 Ghz i5?
>
> For rails development? Nah, you won't see much of a difference in the
> CPUs unless your app do a lot of lengthy pure ruby work with delayed
> jobs or something.
>
> Best invesement is in RAM. Lots 'o' RAM so you can keep all your dev
> tools and test browsers open at the same time.
>
> -- gw
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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