Powerful laptops

[#1]

Hi all,

Many laptops are restricted to 2Gb RAM, and in these days of virtualisation, SAP NetWeaver Sneak Previews, etc. it's just not enough any more.

Does anyone know of any really powerful laptops? I'm thinking 64-bit and as much memory as possible. In my dream machine, I run 64-bit Linux as the host O/S, with a Windows XP 32-bit guest O/S for daily work, and VMWare instances for hosting NetWeaver on 64-bit Linux. The problem is to find something I can carry around that will be able to achieve this. I'm almost thinking of a blade server with a handle - I can get to a client's site and plug in a keyboard and monitor. That may be overkill though.

Cheers,

Darren

[Former Member]

Hello Darren!

I think you have seen the laptop that I got at the community day - here are the details:

DELL XPS M1330

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache)

Slim and Light LED Display with VGA Webcam

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

Speed: 250GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor

There is also a 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) available but I went for the little smaller but faster drive.

128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS

The laptop is great for travelling and I like the display, size and speed.

The only thing I don't like is Windows Vista but I am working on a replacement.

Harald

[darren_hague]

Hi Harald,

The Dell looks very interesting - it's even available with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed (could be good for you...). I need to talk to our IT dept about budget.

Cheers,

Darren

[JPReyes]

I need to talk to our IT dept about budget. 

They'll probably approve a 386 instead... cheap IT managers... hehehe