Buying a Laptop - Can I have some help?
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Why don't you buy a desktop pc. If you have one laptop why you need another when you can buy for the same money better mashine which is not a elephanting radiator
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
0. No room for a desktop 1. Current Lappie is 6-7 years old and dying. Fast.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
My current laptop is an i7 with 8gb and Windows 7 Pro and an SSD works great. Total cost about $800. It's an ACER. Hard to beat. Considering the exchange rate you might be able to get similar, esp. since my laptio is 2 years old.
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I agree. An i5 is perfectly fine for development. In most situations, an i7 is overkill. 4GB of RAM seems kinda low. I would try to get 8GB (6GB would work fine, but it's rare).
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
Get Windows 8 (especially if it's OEM and you have the installtion disks) and install side-by-side with ubuntu. Got with 8 gig memory. Minimum 128gig SSD.
I'd rather be phishing!
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My current laptop is an i7 with 8gb and Windows 7 Pro and an SSD works great. Total cost about $800. It's an ACER. Hard to beat. Considering the exchange rate you might be able to get similar, esp. since my laptio is 2 years old.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
The normal exchange rate for electronics differs from the currency conversion. If you assume the currency rate is £1 == $1.5, or $800 == £500 (about right at the moment) then the exchange rate for electronics is normally $800 == £800 or thereabouts. Strangely, this doesn't vary much, despite what happens to the currency rate...:mad:
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
Have you asked Dave? He might be able to do you a deal, provided you want a Red one! :laugh:
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I agree. An i5 is perfectly fine for development. In most situations, an i7 is overkill. 4GB of RAM seems kinda low. I would try to get 8GB (6GB would work fine, but it's rare).
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Colin Mullikin wrote:
In most situations, an i7 is overkill.
I like my i7. When you have nothing to do, you can open the task-manager and watch all 8 virtual threads. That's good entertainment. :-\
SharePoint Consultant and Developer at acocon Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem I'm the ninth in a row of seven!
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Colin Mullikin wrote:
In most situations, an i7 is overkill.
I like my i7. When you have nothing to do, you can open the task-manager and watch all 8 virtual threads. That's good entertainment. :-\
SharePoint Consultant and Developer at acocon Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem I'm the ninth in a row of seven!
I like my i7 3770K as well, especially since I got it for the price of a 3570K i5. :-D When I built my computer, I was leaning towards the i5, but then I found the i7 for cheap and my decision was made for me. :laugh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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What about AMD CPU's? What would be equivalent to an i5.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Have you asked Dave? He might be able to do you a deal, provided you want a Red one! :laugh:
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He said he could do me deal, but as it's "buyer collects" I'll have to price in the £200 bar bill. :-D
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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I like my i7 3770K as well, especially since I got it for the price of a 3570K i5. :-D When I built my computer, I was leaning towards the i5, but then I found the i7 for cheap and my decision was made for me. :laugh:
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Colin Mullikin wrote:
I like my i7 3770K as well, especially since I got it for the price of a 3570K i5.
Yeah! Sound good. I've only got a small one (3610QM) in my Laptop, but it's fast enough for programming, design, 3D-programming and games (with a GT650M it's really nice).
SharePoint Consultant and Developer at acocon Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem I'm the ninth in a row of seven!
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He said he could do me deal, but as it's "buyer collects" I'll have to price in the £200 bar bill. :-D
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
Is that all? That's just the bar bar for the train from Waterloo to Hindhead...:TunelessWhistleSmiley:
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What about AMD CPU's? What would be equivalent to an i5.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Nothing. AMD has processors that are in that performance range, but they are desktop processors with TDPs over 100W.
I don't know half this shit. :laugh: :laugh: I've found a Toshiba, a brand I trust and like, with an i5, 4gb and 1TB HDD all for £390. It can take a second 4gd RAM block [or so it is said] which I'll do later. It might be I are sorted.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Is that all? That's just the bar bar for the train from Waterloo to Hindhead...:TunelessWhistleSmiley:
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Have you been to Hindhead? I'd need a lot more before I went there again!
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Have you asked Dave? He might be able to do you a deal, provided you want a Red one! :laugh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Have you asked Dave? He might be able to do you a deal, provided you want a Red one!
He's even gone one further than apple, by making it bucket shaped.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Okay, what spec should I look for for a dev ready laptop? I won't need over 15" screen as I have an external I'll use as well, but I'm after help on processor [i5?] and memory [4GB]. I am undecided between going down Win8 or finally switching to Ubuntu [Ubuntu, they use it in the Jungle!]. HDD capacity isn't a big thing, I've got 2TB, and growing, external. But a DVD player would be useful or should I move to an external. The budgie right now is ~£400 but I'd like to know what I should get [probably costs more] and then look at what I can get. Mercans can only suggest if they'll ship it here. For free. As in beer.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol "Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
I recently bought a new workstation. It has a current generation i5 and 8GB of RAM. If you can get 8, I'd go for it. And if you're doing Windows development, you're going to want to go Win8 (I would recommend Win8 unless you have a real reason to go with Linux, but then I've been shamelessly singing its praises since before RTM). If you can get one, a multitouch touchpad is helpful (I have a Logitech T650 for my workstation). I much prefer that to a mouse when working with Win8.
