2012 Samsung Series 9 for Java Development?

Could someone with the Series 9 tell me whether it is usable as a development computer for small-medium sized Java projects (<50,000 lines of code), using Eclipse as an IDE? I am in love with this laptop's design, and I really want to pick one up, but it has to be able to be put to work.

 

EDIT: Don't own a series 9. Just a opinion for dev machine.

I think you probably could but a couple things might not be ideal.

I assume you are considering the 15"? I would think the 13" might
be a little small to easily get everything visible in Eclipse IDE.

I use a 15" for work and it is workable but tight. Always wishing for more
space.

Second issue is memory. Can the series 9 handle more than 4G? Every article I have
read on the series 9 the machine had 4G. While I think 4G would work. If your doing
java/web work you will have a app server running on the machine at the same time.
The combination of Eclipse and Webapp server can suck up memory.
I would think 6G would be better if available option.

Last is processor. i7 is the way to go. Again as you will have multiple
processes running to support the application ( JRE, maybe database, webapp
server, ... ) a quad will definitely help.

Although again I do think a i5 would probably work.

Bottom line if portability is most important I cant see why a series 9 wont
work. If I was going to spec one it would probably wind up pretty costly
to get what I would want so there is probably better options available
for my needs.

Good luck.

 

What you need is a dual core and more than 4GB of ram. I would get the Series 9 with Core i5 that support hyper threading, that will help you with multi-threading program. The ram is upgradable, so you can buy it later on. There is someone that actually did upgrade ram up to 8GB despite that Samsung only said 4GB is max.

 

15" series 9 will do over 4gb, 13" won't if we are talking about the new 2012 ones

 

I was looking at the 15" one, which has 8GB of ram. My main concern is whether the ULV processor will make this a pain due to speed.

 

Does your Java Development mean that you will be doing a lot of typing? I would be more concerned about the keyboard if so. It appears to be a love/hate relationship. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

I had the Dell XPS 13 shortly before the Series 9 and the keyboard on it was much better, night/day difference. Too bad everything else sucked.

 

Nope. It only uses less TDP than the normal processor. But Turbo Boost will let you speed up without noticing any drop in performance. Another thing to concern with those ultra thin laptop is that it is so thin that heat could not dispersed mostly. So with software dev and running debug, you need to somehow cool down the processor by using cooling pad or other methods.

 

it will handle dream weaver no problem, the cpu ramps up to meet demand when the laptops plugged it and should hit 2.3GHz i think if its the 2467M model of the core i5. you can force the power saving to give more performance on battery as well

i'm fairly confident it will run the development program fine even on low setting anyway, its not that demanding unless your testing code, and then the cpu should crank up to match. what do you currently use for the work?

 

that shouldnt be the case if the design is upto it. i can run prime95 on my ultrabook sat on a table no problems and temps never get out of control

 

If the design is good, there is no need to worry. But even on my Series 7, full load debugging with Visual Studio can somehow limit the performance.