Althought the second one has 3GRam, You could easily add up to 8. Although 1 more Gig may suffice.
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com> wrote: > You might consider getting a Lenovo laptop on ebay. According to some > users on this LUG, Lenovo is Linux friendly. I don't know if Lenovo is > continuing to support LInux. There are some that are still in the box > unopened with 1 year warranty on ebay. Try to get one that comes with > windows 7 restore DVD. If it doesn't have a DVD, the windows7 > installed OS will allow you to make a recovery disk. (It may require > the professional or premium version to be able to burn a recovery DVD, > otherwise they will always let you burn cd's, but it takes about a > dozen cds <PITA>). Also, if it doesn't have a restore disk, you > should be able to order one from Lenovo for about $14.00. You can > install the VPS, and you should be able to run 7 inside of that, or > you could do a dual boot. Here is a couple ebay pages with Lenovo > laptops: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X100e-35082AU-Notebook-3G-1-6GZ-2G-/260736777871?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3cb51f7e8f > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-SL510-28479WU-NEW-/130448945625?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item1e5f5cf1d9 > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: >> On Monday, February 14, 2011 12:46:31 pm Paul Saenz wrote: >> >>> Sounds like you don't need to run it 24/7 if your carrying it with you >>> to the office. >> >> My office is in my home. I'm interested in a machine I can carry with me so >> my office is anywhere I am. >> >>> Recently you said that you were going to get a Mac computer. (I don't >>> remember the >>> details) Why don't you run windows in boot camp? Is there some reason >>> that won't work? >>> And if you need to run it in a linux-based VPS I imagine that you >>> could run that in boot camp. >>> Of course that could be slow, (running windows in a linux in a VPS in >>> bootcamp) but I guess it depends on why you need to run it in a >>> laptop. >> >> My interest in Windows or Apple as a second OS was to a great extent based on >> what I need that doesn't run on Linux. >> >> It turns out my biggest need, to manage the VPS instances, requires Windows >> <frown>. >> >> I need it in a laptop because when I go away for a few days I still want to >> be >> able to manage VPS instances. >> >> I don't want to spend to buy an Apple laptop and then also Windows software. >> >> I probably need to buy a new laptop with Windows 7. But then how do I get it >> to run on Virtual Box, since the new machines don't come with OS media? >> >> Anyone know? >> >> If I'm missing any option, please let me know. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jeff >> -- >> Jeff Lasman >> Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 >> Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only >> Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
