On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave >> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM >> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a >> > busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company corporate >> > account > Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers? > I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload looks > similar to mine :)
It's a Dell Precision M4600, and you find it in the Workstation section on Dell's website. It's since been superceded by the M4700 which is really just a point upgrade. CPU: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz cpu prices vary hugely so I picked a mid-range i7 and used the saving to get 16G ram and maxed out the storage. ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works. There was some uber-fancy active display on offer too, but I don't need that Battery life is shocking :-), make sure you get 9-cell high capacity batteries, my standard 6 cell has *<60 minutes* life. The wife has one too and her's lasts about 100 minutes using Windows Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU > >> > It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much >> > techie-bling you *want* :-) > The *need* versus *want* is always important to keep in mind. My employer is generous with laptop allowance and long ago stopped trying to tell those two apart :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
