[176105] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lobna gouda)
Wed Nov 12 17:51:58 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: lobna gouda <lobna_gouda@hotmail.com>
To: Bacon Zombie <baconzombie@gmail.com>, John Schiel <jschiel@flowtools.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:51:50 +0000
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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lenovo not a must =2C I am looking for the cheapest=2C I am even looking in=
ebay
Brgds=2C
Lobna Gouda
> Date: Wed=2C 12 Nov 2014 21:59:20 +0100
> Subject: Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
> From: baconzombie@gmail.com
> To: jschiel@flowtools.net
> CC: nanog@nanog.org
>=20
> I'd say 60% of laptops at security conferences I've been to are Lenovo=2C=
30%
> Apple and 10% Dell/other.
> On 12 Nov 2014 20:35=2C "John Schiel" <jschiel@flowtools.net> wrote:
>=20
> >
> > On 11/11/2014 05:54 PM=2C lobna gouda wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks all for your reply=2C lenovo seems decent almost all the pc ( l=
enovo
> >> and hp) are decent with the 16G.somebody mentioned with 16g it is a bi=
t
> >> slow=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 cl=
oud
> >> will do=2C then.By the way W530 is replaced by W540=2C donot see much =
benefit
> >> for my case.
> >>
> >
> > Be careful with Lenovo=2C some folks think it has a bad security reputa=
tion.
> > Why? *shrug*=2C not sure but maybe because it's a Chinese company with =
ties
> > to the PRC and IIRC=2C there was a BIOS flaw.
> >
> > --John
> >
> > 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
> >>>
> >>> I have an almost two-year old Lenovo W530 with 32G ram. I've been hap=
py
> >>> 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=2C 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 i=
n 5
> >>>> years=2C but right now that is a hoss.
> >>>>
> >>>> Izaac's suggestion of using the cloud is good=2C 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-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
> >>>>
> >>>> On November 10=2C 2014 4:49:08 PM EST=2C lobna gouda <
> >>>> lobna_gouda@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello=2C
> >>>>> Any recommendation=2C not looking for anything fantasy=2C my under=
standing
> >>>>> it should be quardcore=2C with more than DIMM0 slot so each can hav=
e 8G.
> >>>>> wind7-64bits to work. I want to use it as a server or practice logi=
cal
> >>>>> routers
> >>>>>
> >>>> "Cheap" and "64GiB of RAM" are incompatible concepts in laptops.
> >>>>
> >>>> There is no earthly reason you should need to carry a machine like t=
hat
> >>>> anyway. If for some reason you need something so equipped=2C get you=
rself a
> >>>> cloud instance and connect to it. That's how you save money.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you're stuck working in a completely isolated environment=2C then=
work
> >>>> it into the contract. That's the cost of being on an island.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Izaac
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
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