Choosing a new development machine | I'm not sure how this question will be recieved here but lets give it a shot...


It's time for me to get a new dev PC. What's the best choice these days?


I typically have 2-3 Visual Studios open along with mail and all that stuff. Ideally I would imagine 2+ GB of RAM would be nice as my current XP box is dying. =)


I hopped on the Dell site (my days of building PC's are behind me. I just need something that gets the job done.) and started browsing around only to be confused from all the processor choices. What does a typical dev box need these days? Duo? Quad?


Is it worth going to 64 bit Vista as well?


It's been a while since I got a new machine so I'm just looking for some guidance.


Thanks