[HacktionLab] HacktionLab Digest, Vol 75, Issue 13

[Gareth Coleman]

If 8GB isn't enough for your work then you really have got big data
workloads!

Plus it's over a grand, so although it is surely a great machine, not
really what the OP was looking for.

I'm old enough to remember buying my first floppy disc drive at 1.44 MB and
thinking 'I'll never fill it!!'

G


On 29 July 2014 10:52, yossarian <yossarian at aktivix.org> wrote:

>  Just to be a little different: if you want something small and powerful,
> I have had very good success with the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition.
>
> From a processing power and physical size point of view, it is roughly the
> same size and weight as a MacBook Air, but with an i7 processor and 8GB of
> RAM, it's about halfway to a MacBook Pro.
>
> It comes with Ubuntu 12.04 preloaded, works fine with 14.04, haven't tried
> Debian.
>
> http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd
>
> Downsides:
>
> * you may or may not like the 1080 resolution on a 13" screen
>
> * 8GB of RAM is soldered in place, it's not upgradeable, so it's not a
> good Big Data laptop
>
> Yoss
>
>
>
>
>
> On 27/07/2014 07:32, Mick - Clearerchannel.org wrote:
>
>
> On 26/07/14 22:31, hamish campbell wrote:
>
> I would go for a second hand high end thinkpad.
>
>
> What about this one
> keep it 23!
> LENOVO THINKPAD (2325) X230
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/151293290132?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0
>
> --
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