[176086] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lobna gouda)
Tue Nov 11 23:38:31 2014
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From: lobna gouda <lobna_gouda@hotmail.com>
To: "blakangel@gmail.com" <blakangel@gmail.com>, nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:54:47 +0000
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Thanks all for your reply=2C lenovo seems decent almost all the pc ( lenovo=
and hp) are decent with the 16G.somebody mentioned with 16g it is a bit sl=
ow=3B Keith here is saying the 32G he had no issue. i intend to buy my own =
memory just to save on the costi agree 64 will be sky expensive and cloud w=
ill do=2C then.By the way W530 is replaced by W540=2C donot see much benefi=
t for my case.
Brgds=2C
Lobna Gouda
> Date: Tue=2C 11 Nov 2014 12:13:09 -0800
> From: blakangel@gmail.com
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
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> 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.
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> http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w530/
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> -Keith
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> Darden=2C Patrick wrote:
> > If there is a cheap quad-core laptop with 64GB of ram and no huge downs=
ides... then sign me up! I expect that will be the standard in 5 years=2C=
but right now that is a hoss.
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> > Izaac's suggestion of using the cloud is good=2C if you can do it. Clo=
ud services have come a long way--fast and easy to set up complex environme=
nts. Great article comparing performance and costs:
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> > http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610403/cloud-computing/ultimate-cloud=
-speed-tests--amazon-vs--google-vs--windows-azure.html
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> > --p
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Izaac
> > Sent: Monday=2C November 10=2C 2014 6:25 PM
> > To: NANOG
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
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> > On November 10=2C 2014 4:49:08 PM EST=2C lobna gouda <lobna_gouda@hotma=
il.com> wrote:
> >> Hello=2C
> >> Any recommendation=2C not looking for anything fantasy=2C my understa=
nding=20
> >> it should be quardcore=2C with more than DIMM0 slot so each can have 8=
G.
> >> wind7-64bits to work. I want to use it as a server or practice logical
> >> routers =20
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> > "Cheap" and "64GiB of RAM" are incompatible concepts in laptops.
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> > There is no earthly reason you should need to carry a machine like that=
anyway. If for some reason you need something so equipped=2C get yourself =
a cloud instance and connect to it. That's how you save money.
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> > If you're stuck working in a completely isolated environment=2C then wo=
rk it into the contract. That's the cost of being on an island.
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> > --
> > Izaac
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