I have secured the budget to upgrade the individual workstations and latops. While newer, bigger screens were welcomed with enthusiasm, the thought of re-installation tools and settings caused most of them to blanch and I got one ‘Do I really have to?’.
How much downtime do you usually have when you move to a new machine?
Do you employ tools or script to set up your dev environment, tools, db’s, debuggers etc.specifically for a windows environment?
Is there a standard image that you keep and then let devs move in and tweak the machine as necessary?
One day is generally enough for upgrades. I do keep digital copies of VS.NET so much easier to install.
When it comes to other tools generally it’s just better to go to websites and install the latest version.
Also it’s a good idea to install tools whenever you need instead of trying to install everything at the same time.