Developer Laptop

[LatteLiberal]

I am looking to purchase a new laptop for development exclusively .NET Visual Studio 2012 SQL Server etc. Ideally it would be 17", SSD and 8GB Ram

[d000hg]

Well done.

[stek]

Something from Apple would admirably fit the bill, Mr Blair...

[lilelvis2000]

Dell Vostro - I've got a 14" version - very nice. Though not sure if you can get ssd with it. Perhaps their higher end models come with a hybrid drive.

[LatteLiberal]

Something from Apple would admirably fit the bill, Mr Blair...

I have a Mac book Air, but this is for Window Dev so would prefer non Apple laptop.

[quackhandle]

I have a Lenovo T420s (latest model is now T430s) with 120GB SSD however I removed the optical drive and put in a crucial M4 256 SSD. Also added another 4GB RAM. Got a few SQL2008 VMs running, it does the job.

What's your budget? Alienware?

qh

[eek]

I have a Lenovo T420s (latest model is now T430s) with 120GB SSD however I removed the optical drive and put in a crucial M4 256 SSD. Also added another 4GB RAM. Got a few SQL2008 VMs running, it does the job.

What's your budget? Alienware?

qh

I have a Dell latitude E6520 with an 128mb ssd disk added to it. Between that and an 1080p screen it was a decent laptop but I must remember to photography it and throw it on the bay.

I do, however, prefer the macbook retina I replaced it with.

[LatteLiberal]

Thanks for the suggestions, looking at this

HP SPECTRE XT TouchSmart Ultrabook

HP SPECTRE XT TouchSmart Ultrabook

15 inch full HD touch screen, with 32GB SSD and 500 Normal, I assume I could upgrade the SSD also, 4GB ram which I would also upgrade to 16GB. Thunderbolt, Ethernet, backlight keyboard plus more.

Comes in at 1200 inc VAT.

[woohoo]

I know you said 17" but what about one of these Lenovo carbon. It's got carbon in the name so must be good and for real men!

[Scrag Meister]

I have a Dell XPS 15, 512Gb SSD, 8Gb Ram, Intel I7, Nvidia GPU 1920x1080 Full HD screen.

Lovely kit.