cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations

Wed Nov 12 22:51:50 UTC 2014

lenovo not a must , I am looking for the cheapest, I am even looking in  ebay
Brgds,
Lobna Gouda
> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:59:20 +0100
> Subject: Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
> From: baconzombie at gmail.com
> To: jschiel at flowtools.net
> CC: nanog at nanog.org
> 
> I'd say 60% of laptops at security conferences I've been to are Lenovo, 30%
> Apple and 10% Dell/other.
> On 12 Nov 2014 20:35, "John Schiel" <jschiel at flowtools.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > On 11/11/2014 05:54 PM, lobna gouda wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks all for your reply, lenovo seems decent almost all the pc ( lenovo
> >> and hp) are decent with the 16G.somebody mentioned with 16g it is a bit
> >> slow; 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 cloud
> >> will do, then.By the way W530 is replaced by W540, donot see much benefit
> >> for my case.
> >>
> >
> > Be careful with Lenovo, some folks think it has a bad security reputation.
> > Why? *shrug*, not sure but maybe because it's a Chinese company with ties
> > to the PRC and IIRC, there was a BIOS flaw.
> >
> > --John
> >
> >  Brgds,
> >> Lobna Gouda
> >>
> >>> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:13:09 -0800
> >>> From: blakangel at gmail.com
> >>> To: nanog at 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 happy
> >>> 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, 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 in 5
> >>>> years, but right now that is a hoss.
> >>>>
> >>>> Izaac's suggestion of using the cloud is good, 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 at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Izaac
> >>>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 6:25 PM
> >>>> To: NANOG
> >>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations
> >>>>
> >>>> On November 10, 2014 4:49:08 PM EST, lobna gouda <
> >>>> lobna_gouda at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>> Any recommendation, not looking for anything fantasy,  my understanding
> >>>>> it should be quardcore, with more than DIMM0 slot so each can have 8G.
> >>>>> wind7-64bits to work. I want to use it as a server or practice logical
> >>>>> routers
> >>>>>
> >>>> "Cheap" and "64GiB of RAM" are incompatible concepts in laptops.
> >>>>
> >>>> There is no earthly reason you should need to carry a machine like that
> >>>> anyway. If for some reason you need something so equipped, get yourself a
> >>>> cloud instance and connect to it. That's how you save money.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you're stuck working in a completely isolated environment, then work
> >>>> it into the contract. That's the cost of being on an island.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Izaac
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >