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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
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Originally posted by chef View PostNot 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
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Originally posted by Freamon View PostYou could become an iClone and go for a macbook...Originally posted by doodab View PostNo I can't, they max out at 8GB.
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
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Originally posted by doodab View PostReally really boring stuff, but it often involves a couple of largeish VMs at once.
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Originally posted by yetanotherbob View PostDid 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.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostMonster solid state drives yesterday, 16 GB RAM today, 32 GB tomorrow. What you doing then?
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.Last edited by doodab; 29 January 2012, 17:21.
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Originally posted by Freamon View PostYou could become an iClone and go for a macbook...
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI'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?
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
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI need...
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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.
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I would go with a lenovo. They make some of the best business grade machines.
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