Best Laptop for C# programming ?
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Nobody is a Sony Vaio Fan here ?
I am. I've had 2 Sony Vaios :rose: and I've been MORE than pleased with them. Nice looking and well behaved. Just like your children OUGHT to be... :laugh: If I could choose for myself, I'd take a Vaio any time. The only reason I'm using a Lenovo (Tiger Tank model[^]) right now is that I didn't get to pick it myself!
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I put it off as long as I could but the time to finally get a laptop has come as I will soon be on the road for a while. I have been putting this off for so long mostly because I like working with 2 24" screens. The only unusual thing I need is good CUDA support. If you have any recommendations I would love to hear them.
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I got an HP EliteBook 8740w, with 4 Gb memory, and NVIDIA Quadro (sticker says "with CUDA") and then added another 4 Gb myself. Adding 4 Gb afterwards is way cheaper than getting an elitebook with 8 Gb memory, because they have way faster processors than I need. Adding the memory is a bit fiddly, because you have to remove the keyboard to do it. Screen: 1920 x 1200 pixels :jig:. The laptop is a bit heavy ofcourse, and so is the transformer (puts a brick to shame). The docking stations from HP are quite nice too (can easily hook up 2 screens).
Wout
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The wife has a Fujitsu Siemens Laptop at home running Vista, had it for about 4 yrs now I think ,good solid laptop has survived having the kids jump on it, spill drinks on it etc.... screen and keyb still works 100% More of a desktop replacement tho imo, it tends to keep your lap nice and warm ;-) it was a cheapy thing on a deal in Tesco's here. I used to have a Advent laptop, lasted about 2 yrs before it started developinga clunking sound..grrrr always kept the lap warm mind u.
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Recommending a laptop is like recommending an antivirus software... it is not IT is religion... :rolleyes: Everything are personal experiences, luck, behavior of the components, technical assistance... I guess that in my case, teh fact that the battery stopped working one day after the warranty expired... well... :suss: but anyway... all laptops have their good things and bad things... HP for me is not a good option due to some problems I've had with it: network card, touch buttons to pump up the volume... IBM for me worked from the first day without an issue... this is why I love them, but of course this is my experience...
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vaio are amazing laptops ... quiet and reliable ... i had hp before and it died because of constant overheating and yeah also the fan broke for some reason has to do with overheating .... hp has the worst cooling system (at least for pavilion series)
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I put it off as long as I could but the time to finally get a laptop has come as I will soon be on the road for a while. I have been putting this off for so long mostly because I like working with 2 24" screens. The only unusual thing I need is good CUDA support. If you have any recommendations I would love to hear them.
Ken Johnson Latest article WPF Color Picker Construction Kit
Just get something that you think you will like, has good reviews, probably a big screen. Then, the day you buy it: Take the back panel off, remove the 5400 Rpm hard drive and throw it in the garbage. Go buy yourself an OCZ 60GB Vertex 2 SSD and stick that in there. With Win7 as a dev machine 60 Gigs will be plenty. Just use a slim external if you need to put tuneage or whatever else on there. My 2 cents.
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I got a Dell XPS15 (new Sandy Bridge model). Pretty nice. Wish I insisted more on a SSD though :(
I'm looking to get an XPS 15 too (i5/6 GB/1920*1080/500GB 7200 RPM). The SSD upgrade is way too expensive :( What are your specs? How are you finding the laptop? Is it really as heavy as the reviews make it out to be?
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I'm looking to get an XPS 15 too (i5/6 GB/1920*1080/500GB 7200 RPM). The SSD upgrade is way too expensive :( What are your specs? How are you finding the laptop? Is it really as heavy as the reviews make it out to be?
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I got the i7 model with 2GB Geforce 540M. Laptop is rather nice. Getting used to it. Good enough to do work on. Really need 8GB though (still got original 6GB). And yes, it will make your arms strong. It is heavy. It does have really good sound though (not that I ever use it).