Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations

[blakangel () gmail com]

I have an almost two-year old Lenovo W530 with 32G ram. I've been happy
with it. I don't find myself taking advantage of the ram (w/ VMWare
Workstation) as much as I thought I would.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w530/

-Keith

Darden, Patrick wrote:
> If there is a cheap quad-core laptop with 64GB of ram and no huge downsides...  then sign me up!  I expect that will 
> be the standard in 5 years, but right now that is a hoss.
>
> Izaac's suggestion of using the cloud is good, if you can do it.  Cloud services have come a long way--fast and easy 
> to set up complex environments.  Great article comparing performance and costs:
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610403/cloud-computing/ultimate-cloud-speed-tests--amazon-vs--google-vs--windows-azure.html
>
> --p
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Izaac
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 6:25 PM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
>
> On November 10, 2014 4:49:08 PM EST, lobna gouda <lobna_gouda () hotmail com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Any recommendation, not looking for anything fantasy,  my understanding 
> > it should be quardcore, with more than DIMM0 slot so each can have 8G.
> > wind7-64bits to work. I want to use it as a server or practice logical
> > routers                                        
>
> "Cheap" and "64GiB of RAM" are incompatible concepts in laptops.
>
> There is no earthly reason you should need to carry a machine like that anyway. If for some reason you need something 
> so equipped, get yourself a cloud instance and connect to it. That's how you save money.
>
> If you're stuck working in a completely isolated environment, then work it into the contract. That's the cost of 
> being on an island.
>
> --
> Izaac