Yes, it's a replacement for a desktop but will see some travel too. I will have a couple of VM' too and that's the reason I went with 8gb. and it' Asus not Acer :)
@Alan I had before a ThinkPad and they are very reliable. Expensive, kind of spartan looking but they never die. Probably I will go with Sony. Still debating if I should go with Quad i7-740QM processor or Quad i7-840QM processor. Not sure if 200 difference is worth it. Thanks On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Price wise they are very similar. Asus has Blu-Ray, bigger screen and >> hard drive but battery life sucks. >> Sony smaller screen and hard and no Blu-Ray drive (I can add one for >> 100 I think) but better CPU and much better battery. > > A lot of these things really depend on how you plan to use it. If > you're getting a desktop replacement, you probably don't care about > battery life. If you're not going to watch movies, you don't care > about Blu-Ray, etc, etc. > > When I got my laptop (Dell Studio XPS 13) I had a very specific set of > requirements, and that's what guided my purchase. I wanted something > no larger than 13" (I have to schlep it around a lot), with at least 8 > GB RAM, a SSD drive (fast, doesn't run as hot or use as much battery), > and a webcam. There were only about 3 laptops around at the time that > met those requirements, and this was the cheapest. > >> In the end I want one that's good quality and doesn't die after one year. > > Overall I've been very happy with Sony hardware, but their quality all > seems to be on the high end - if you buy a really expensive Sony, > it'll generally have a noticeably better build quality than their > lower-end stuff. > > That said, I have some Sonys that have been all around the world, had > the crap kicked out of them, and still work just fine. > > I don't really have any experience with Acer hardware. > >> @Dave u know the saying u can't be too slim or have too much memory :) > > Well, sure, if you're going to run a 64-bit OS. Otherwise, there's no > need for more than 4GB. > > When I bought my laptop, about 18 months ago I guess, I specifically > wanted one with 8GB RAM, and they were fairly rare at the time. But I > wanted that primarily for running multiple VMs. I didn't really need > that for CF development alone, where you might run CF, a database > instance, an IDE and a browser. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
