We all know the steep hardware requirements for running a MOSS server and none of us have a desktop (let alone a laptop) that meets these specs. Microsoft has received a lot of criticism for not providing a properly integrated development environment for MOSS 2007 which makes it feasible to develop on anything but an actual server.
Source: Digg.com – Posted by: zentro
Link to Story: http://www.sharepointblogs.com/peoplenet/archive/2007/04/04/setting-up-a-portable-development-environment-for-moss-2007.aspx
