Been using a MacBook Pro quad i7, 8GB RAM, 750 GB physical HD for over a year now. Great for full ITSM Suite in a Windoze VM. Plus MS tools (Word, Excel, PPT, etc.). Too bad they don't make it in 17" anymore, the screen real estate rocks for Dev Studio! Switches between ITSM VM & host OS without a hitch. Sad to think I got a Mac to emulate a PC VM better than a PC can :-)
Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Scott Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > I have been poking around the web the last couple of days and found this: > http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312441 > > It seems to check off all the boxes, and the price isn’t bad. And it comes > with a couple nice video cards ta’boot. :) > > My desktop is a monster, a quad core i7-3770 over clocked to 4GHz w/ 32GB of > RAM @ 2400MHz so heavy lifting can be done there, but for travel the above > machine looks like it may just fit the bill. > > Scott Barr | aus cell: +61-468-929-076 | BBM: 290AC637 | [email protected] > > "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has > taken place." > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Miller > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 5:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Laptop/Hardware questions > > ** > My laptop is a few-year-old Toshiba Tecra M11. It has quad i7, 8gb of RAM > and an SSD hard drive. In VMware Workstation I can run the full ITSM 8.x > suite ok. I give the VM about 5.5 to 6gb and this and leaves very little > capacity for things outside of the VM (MS Office, Dev Studio, etc.). > > The ITSM performance is acceptable. I really have to limit the SQL Server > memory but since it is just me and not high transactions it works fine. > There are some operations that take a little longer then I would like but for > the most part using ITSM isn't painful. This configuration is ideal for a > non-ITSM Remedy setup. I have a VM where I do the wwrug.org development and > since it only a custom app runnin on AR the performance is great. > > The SSD is nice but I have to shuffle VMs around because it is smaller > (250gb) than a traditional HDD. The hybrid drive is probably ideal. I use > full disk encryption and I think that eats away a little at my SSD > performance. > > On the other hand I have a PC with quad i7 and 16gb of RAM and the ITSM > experience is wonderful. I give the VM 8gb of RAM and still have 8 for the > host OS leaving plenty of capacity outside of the VM to do work. When I > replace my current laptop I am going to aim for a 16gb minimum as well since > I am so happy with this configuration. > > Jason > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > I did a lot of research and ended up with a Sony S series 15". It was really > light, came with an extra sheet battery, quad core i7, 16g ram, blu ray, and > a 1080p screen. The free PS3 was nice too! Also, going to a Sony store will > get you better discounts. I can run a VM with all modules for ITSM, > Analytics, etc. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Scott Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > > ** > To all you road warriors and non-road warriors alike… > > Which brands / models have you been using and where have you been purchasing > them? I have always been a desktop kinda guy but am in the market for a > decent laptop. > > It’ll be running the usual productivity software like Office, etc… As well > as a SQL Server, ARS, Mid-Tier etc… > > I have a pretty decent idea of what I am looking for and its been a while > since I have started “one of those threads” and I thought I’d see what > everyone else thought. Thoughts on CPU/RAM/Screen/Battery > Life/Expandability/Keyboard/Options/Looks/Manufacturer Support/&/warranty are > all equally relevant. > > Drives are/can be interchangeable and can be compared purely on stats but am > curious about your experiences with these as well but has anyone tried one of > the hybrid drives yet? > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178340 > > I am pretty sure I’ll end up with something that has a quad core i7 , > expanded to 6GB+ RAM and an SSD (or SSD/spinner combo). > > Has anyone tried loading everything up on a Surface Pro yet? With only 4GB > RAM I can’t see it working all _that_ well with a full ARS install on it… > But with an SSD and a well-tuned install it may not be all that bad swapping > to disk etc… Thoughts? (asking more out of curiosity than anything else) > > Thank you! > > Scott Barr | aus cell: +61-468-929-076 | BBM: 290AC637 | [email protected] > > "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has > taken place." > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
