Dilemmas, Upgrades and Decisions.

re: Dilemmas, Upgrades and Decisions.

Kieran — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:16:29 GMT

Should also mention the Dell Precision M20 series and M60 series, still onlu 2gb of ram but bloody nice.

re: Dilemmas, Upgrades and Decisions.

Kieran — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:15:38 GMT

I only bought 2 GB of ram, but then made sure i had a dual proc system when i built a "Virtual test bench" as i call it up (before dual corse where available).

I am about to buy a new laptop (about to graduate, parents what to put some money in and i cant really tell if an employee will get me one) and there is absolutly nothing really worth buying laptop wise, simple as that.

re: Dilemmas, Upgrades and Decisions.

John Howard -MSFT — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:06:47 GMT

Nice Machine - absolute monster! Thanks, Adam. One of very few laptops I've seen which can take 4GB, vital for any form of virtualisation, even if I'd recommend an alternative product ;) Unfortunately though, after spec-ing it up on their site, I think the cost probably runs a little high (or maybe that was just my hopes). Hopefully shuttle will be bringing out a dual-proc 4GB capable machine soon and I'll keep my existing laptop to connect to it remotely. Could be a cheaper compromise....

re: Dilemmas, Upgrades and Decisions.

Adam Bell — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:32:43 GMT

John,

I had this same dilemma recently. Unluckily as a contractor in IT, I don't get a work supplied laptop. Luckily, due to the same situation, I had a better home budget to throw at the problem.

http://www.alienware.co.uk/product_detail_pages/Area-51m_7700/area-51m_7700_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-EU-LT-AR51M7700R1&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

Expensive machine, and built like a Russian tank, but the spec I went for gave me 2GB starting RAM expandable to 4GB. The video card and screen was nothing to sneeze at too.

I think of it more as an easy to move workstation, than say a laptop. Pretty happy with it so far and a dream with VMware workstation 5.0 running my lab. ;-)