Best development ultrabook?

[woohoo]

It took touch screen model as a punt, God knows if I'll like it or not.

Give it a month or so and anytime you get near a laptop you will want to touch the screen.

[zazou]

I did purchase a Sony Vaio Pro in the end.
Dual core i7, 8GB max I know and I took the 128GB (maximum) PCIe drive options so quite a few compromises on my behalf.
The main attractions were the screen, PCIe drive which could partly compensate for low memory and battery life (18 hours with the battery pack). Time will tell if this has been a serious mistake but at least it should comfortably manage one or more VMs and connect to an external monitor (1920x1080).
It took touch screen model as a punt, God knows if I'll like it or not.

I've bought a few Sony products for the last couple of years and I've started to appreciate the though that goes into ergonomics of their devices.

[Spacecadet]

Not an ultrabook is it? You'd have to go for the Air? Or is the new MBP able to claim UB status?

Technically not an ultrabook but it fits the definition of being thin, light and having a long battery life
Also has the added bonus of not having an ultabook spec processor and memory

(I think this is the first time I've ever played advocate for an Apple product)

[Bunk]

You know that just means "four door"?

If I was looking for a development laptop I'd want to be using it with external keyboard, monitor and mouse, so the actual laptop doesn't matter a great deal other than having a fast processor, plenty of RAM, SSD etc. If you're looking for one to pose with on the train, then I think there's something to be said for a big hulking beast of a laptop so you can say "I'm a serious user, not a hair-gelled nancy boy marketing manager with a Mac".

Every non .Net developer I've worked with over the last few years have used a Macbook Pro as their own dev machine.

[eek]

Not an ultrabook is it? You'd have to go for the Air? Or is the new MBP able to claim UB status?

When I looked I couldn't find an ultrabook with 16gb of ram...

[VectraMan]

I'm more excited about the Maserati Quattroporte I looked at at weekend, oooooh....

You know that just means "four door"?

If I was looking for a development laptop I'd want to be using it with external keyboard, monitor and mouse, so the actual laptop doesn't matter a great deal other than having a fast processor, plenty of RAM, SSD etc. If you're looking for one to pose with on the train, then I think there's something to be said for a big hulking beast of a laptop so you can say "I'm a serious user, not a hair-gelled nancy boy marketing manager with a Mac".

[d000hg]

Mac book pro
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-ME294B.../dp/B00G4BGTCW

Well specced, 10 hour battery life and you can use your windows licence

Not an ultrabook is it? You'd have to go for the Air? Or is the new MBP able to claim UB status?

[zazou]

I'm more excited about the Maserati Quattroporte I looked at at weekend, oooooh....

Quattroporte is on my seven year plan hehe.

[stek]

I'm getting really excited about the Sony Vaio Pro 13.
It's only dual core and 8GB max but extremely sleek.

Unfortunately the Lenovo salesman at Tottenham Court Road couldn't show me his X1 Carbon unless I'd promise to buy it. Such a shame.

I'm more excited about the Maserati Quattroporte I looked at at weekend, oooooh....

[zazou]

I'm getting really excited about the Sony Vaio Pro 13.
It's only dual core and 8GB max but extremely sleek.

Unfortunately the Lenovo salesman at Tottenham Court Road couldn't show me his X1 Carbon unless I'd promise to buy it. Such a shame.

[Spacecadet]

I might be 'investing' in a powerful ultrabook in the coming months and would like to hear your suggestions.
Minimum specs:

• i7 (preferably quad)
• VERY long battery life
• 16GB or more RAM (or the possibility to upgrade)
• SSD, 256 GB minimum
• Able to run MS SQL, VS and a few virtual machines comfortably

Other considerations; I own a licence for Windows 8 Pro so not paying the 'Pro premium' would be advantageous.

Has anyone here been in my situation recently, what ultrabooks to consider?

Mac book pro
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-ME294B.../dp/B00G4BGTCW

Well specced, 10 hour battery life and you can use your windows licence

[minestrone]

I got a Samsung series 9 i7 last December which cost 1100. Slightly lower spec than you mention as it is last years model 128 gig ssd and 8 gig ram but I would thoroughly recommend this years equivalent. Excellent build quality.

[zazou]

I might be 'investing' in a powerful ultrabook in the coming months and would like to hear your suggestions.
Minimum specs:

• i7 (preferably quad)
• VERY long battery life
• 16GB or more RAM (or the possibility to upgrade)
• SSD, 256 GB minimum
• Able to run MS SQL, VS and a few virtual machines comfortably

Other considerations; I own a licence for Windows 8 Pro so not paying the 'Pro premium' would be advantageous.

Has anyone here been in my situation recently, what ultrabooks to consider?