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PODevelopment PC: AMD vs Intel and 32-bit vs 64-bit
 

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    <p>I am looking to purchase a new development PC. My budget is not more than $1,000 USD (including monitor). I am open to laptop (desktop replacement type) or the traditional desktop PC would do just fine.</p> <p>My primary development environment will be Microsoft, Visual Studio 2008 (and support of older Visual Studio 6 code as well). SQL Server 2005, 2008 as well as legacy support of SQL Server 2000. Microsoft Office 2003, potential to install 2007 but support as far back as Office 2000. The software I will wrote and support will be Windows XP mostly, but some Vista. I am going to have to assume there are 64-bit implementations out there to install to.</p> <p>My first confusion begins with choosing AMD or Intel. My concern is that there is a compatibility issue with building software using Visual Studio in an AMD environment. I dont have any evidence, its just a concern that hopefully someone will clear up for me.</p> <p>Last, I am confused about 32-bit and 64-bit installations. Should I stick with the least common denominator (32-bit) even though 64-bit is steadily gaining ground? I am aware that the 64-bit operating systems will address over 4G of RAM and that I like because I would like to set up as many Virtual Machines for test environments as possible, and may have many active at once..</p> <p>I am not looking for the dream machine, just a machine with a monitor and the best processor for about $1000 that will allow me to write software for the majority of machines out there.</p>
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    1. COUpdate: I ended up waiting a while and going with a HP Core2 Duo Quad with 4G RAM, 640G drive and 24 inch wide-screen monitor - $999 at Costco. So far, so good. I plan on upgrading to 8G RAM very soon. As Stimms mentioned, I've got 32-bit VMs and even have Windows 7 Betas running too. Very nice.
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