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[Support Monkey]

Dell everytime if your going windows, seen to many lenovo fail for my liking, there covered in to much lenovo software, they might be ok for single use but in a corporate environment there a pain in the ar5e they have a strange partition setup with the boot sector spread across multiple partitions that causes all sorts of problems when imaging

[doodab]

Not quite true. The 2011 Macbook Pro's support 16Gb RAM
Money to Spare? Juice Up Your New MacBook Pro to 16GB of RAM | Mac|Life

and if you want you can also add a 2nd SSD
info here and here

My new thinkpad will have 32GB. Should be good for at least the next two versions

[chef]

You could become an iClone and go for a macbook...

No I can't, they max out at 8GB.

Not quite true. The 2011 Macbook Pro's support 16Gb RAM
Money to Spare? Juice Up Your New MacBook Pro to 16GB of RAM | Mac|Life

and if you want you can also add a 2nd SSD
info here and here

[Spacecadet]

Really really boring stuff, but it often involves a couple of largeish VMs at once.

Which is why I'd recommend the Dell. The 2 hard drive configuration means you can have your OS on the mini PCI card and the VMs on the regular drive. A 3rd drive means even less contention

[TheFaQQer]

Did anyone try pcspecialist?
I got a quote of around £2200 for that kind of spec (Intel i7/16G RAM/256G SSD HD) from pcspecialist..
Haven't made up my mind yet.

Not had a laptop from them, but my current desktop machine is from there, and I'm very pleased with it.

[doodab]

Monster solid state drives yesterday, 16 GB RAM today, 32 GB tomorrow. What you doing then?

Really really boring stuff, but it often involves a couple of largeish VMs at once.

The main reason I've gone for the 512GB SSD is because it's the cheapest per GB and I've already outgrown two smaller ones. I'm hoping this one will last me a bit longer.

[Spacecadet]

You could become an iClone and go for a macbook...

[Spacecadet]

I'm pretty much settled on the Lenovo W520 with full HD screen, any other suggestions before I take advantage of their current 10% discount voucher code?

Dell Precision
M4600 Advanced

128gb mini pci hard drive
320GB regular hard drive (upgradable later)
Third hard drive can be fitted in the optical drive bay
8gb ram @ 1600MHz (upgradable later)
Quad core 2.5GHz Intel i7
15.6" 1900x1080 screen

3 year on site warranty and accidental damage cover - I've used this a few times over the past 4+ years and they never argue about replacements

Built in 3G is available but I'd recommend a 3 mifi over that as you can then connect other devices to it. Plus reception should be better on the mifi

[TimberWolf]

I need...

Monster solid state drives yesterday, 16 GB RAM today, 32 GB tomorrow. What you doing then?

[yetanotherbob]

Did anyone try pcspecialist?
I got a quote of around £2200 for that kind of spec (Intel i7/16G RAM/256G SSD HD) from pcspecialist..
Haven't made up my mind yet.

[doodab]

I would go with a lenovo. They make some of the best business grade machines.

+100

Love mine. No regrets.

Yes, I'm very fond of my current one, I'm only looking to replace it cos I can't fit any more RAM in.

[doodab]

You could become an iClone and go for a macbook...

No I can't, they max out at 8GB.

[Freamon]

You could become an iClone and go for a macbook...

[nomadd]

I would go with a lenovo. They make some of the best business grade machines.

+100

Love mine. No regrets.

[wim121]

I would go with a lenovo. They make some of the best business grade machines.