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.orgdevelopment 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 <taufc...@gmail.com> 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 <scott.ba...@gmail.com> 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 *| * > scott.ba...@gmail.com* > > * * > > "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_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
