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-boun...@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_go...@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
