 DrexBeer...The other white meat.Premium
join:2000-02-24
La Place, LA
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Looking for Powerful Latop Can anyone recommend a good brand of laptop with specs as the following (if one such animal even exists):
Intel CPU - quad core (i7)
Memory - 16GB ram
Hard Drive - SSDs, dual would be nice.
Basically looking to make a portable VMware Workstation host. Hardest part seems to be finding the 16GB requirement. Dual SSDs as well, but that's just a like to have.
Thanks.
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 pnjunctionTeksavvy ExtremePremium
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | AFAIK there is no mobile platform that supports 16 GB RAM right now. Right now they all take 2x 4 GB DIMMs for 8GB max. As of yet I've never seen a mobile platform with more than 2 DIMM slots.
I suppose there might be true 'desktop replacement' monster units that use desktop chipsets) but for a proper solution Intel Sandy Bridge coming soon is supposed to support 8 GB DIMMs. So you could be waiting for that, and then for some 8 GB SODIMMS to appear. I don't see any on newegg right now, makes sense since there is zero demand until SB drops and then they may start to trickle out, at insanely high prices of course. |
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You planning on spending a few thousand dollars? Just double checking |
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DrexBeer...The other white meat.Premium
join:2000-02-24
La Place, LA
kudos:1 Reviews:
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to pnjunction
Thanks for the input.
It seems the Dell Precision Mobile Workstations support up to 32GB of RAM, Core i7 processors, and Dual SSDs.
»www.dell.com/us/business/p/preci···m6500/fs
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 MnRPremium
join:2002-05-27
Iron Mountain, MI
kudos:3 | reply to Drex
Hi,
Also check the Lenovo W 700 series. They also have Dual screens.
MnR
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | The Asus G73JW. That can easily handle 16GB of RAM, along with 2 HDD/SSDs and has a sweet graphics card and processor.
..oh ya.. You can get one of these for under $2k (default config).
»www.asusrog.com/G73.html |
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 Cthen
join:2004-08-01
Detroit, MI
 ·Comcast
 ·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| reply to Drex
For another option these guys can produce the laptop your looking for.
»www.sagernotebook.com/index.php
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decxPremium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC | reply to Drex
HP's Elitebook 8540w that have an Core i7 quad core CPU (i5 and dual core i7 versions will not) will also support 16 GB RAM on 4 slots. |
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 c2rothPremium
join:2006-04-26
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Cable
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HP's Elitebook Workstation series laptops are very high end and configurable as hell. They are capable of 32GB of RAM:
17" Model »h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quic···div.HTML
15" Model »h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quic···div.HTML
We use Elitebooks and I can only say good things about them. They are built like tanks and can be very powerful when configured properly. |
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