minimum hardware/system requirements for running VB.NET application projects.

[monjal]

anyone?.. thanks in advance..

[Hack]

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What version of the framework?

2.0

3.0

3.5

[monjal]

I'm currently using VS 2008..

[Jenner]

Hardware wise, not much at all. If the computer runs Windows XP decently well, it can handle Visual Studio 2008 well. Now, your programs you write with VS on the other hand, that's another matter. Obviously, a 3D game or a math intensive scientific application or a database hungry library program will all need special requirements for hardware.

If I needed to spec a simple, mainstream .NET programmers machine:
Basic Core 2 Duo CPU or equivalent.
2Gb RAM for Windows XP Pro or 4Gb RAM for Vista 64 bit.
Standard, run-of-the-mill graphics.
160Gb hard drive.

If I wanted a machine more optimized for programming, the very first thing I'd add would be a second monitor; and the larger the better for monitors. A second monitor is one of those things you'll wonder how you lived without once you get used to it.

[monjal]

Hardware wise, not much at all. If the computer runs Windows XP decently well, it can handle Visual Studio 2008 well. Now, your programs you write with VS on the other hand, that's another matter. Obviously, a 3D game or a math intensive scientific application or a database hungry library program will all need special requirements for hardware.

If I needed to spec a simple, mainstream .NET programmers machine:
Basic Core 2 Duo CPU or equivalent.
2Gb RAM for Windows XP Pro or 4Gb RAM for Vista 64 bit.
Standard, run-of-the-mill graphics.
160Gb hard drive.

If I wanted a machine more optimized for programming, the very first thing I'd add would be a second monitor; and the larger the better for monitors. A second monitor is one of those things you'll wonder how you lived without once you get used to it.

yep its kinda database library program and I'm using MS Access 2007 as back end.. I need the minimum requirements that will surely run the program even in slow performance and the recommended one..

[Jenner]

Access 2007 is easy. Since the largest single possible database size for Access is 1GB, just make sure you have a hard drive that is bigger than that. Nothing special needed for Access besides a copy of MS Office Pro.

Personally, I'd use something else as a backend, such as MSSQL or MySQL. Access being used as a backend has probably more flaws than it has benefits.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Do you even need MS Office? It sure makes designing the DB easier, but it wasn't necessary prior to 2007, and I don't know whether it is necessary with 2007.

[Jenner]

You probably don't for the end-user, but I can't even imagine the pain you'd have to go through to create and test your database without it. Yea, you're right, you probably don't "need" it.

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's true. Simple DBs can be created fairly easily with SQL statements. However, if you have relationships...well, it can be done, but it does become painful quite fast. As far as creating simple tables, though, cut and paste makes it pretty easy. I have set up several mobile apps that way.