I'd say 60% of laptops at security conferences I've been to are Lenovo, 30% Apple and 10% Dell/other. On 12 Nov 2014 20:35, "John Schiel" <jsch...@flowtools.net> wrote:
> > On 11/11/2014 05:54 PM, lobna gouda wrote: > >> Thanks all for your reply, lenovo seems decent almost all the pc ( lenovo >> and hp) are decent with the 16G.somebody mentioned with 16g it is a bit >> slow; Keith here is saying the 32G he had no issue. i intend to buy my own >> memory just to save on the costi agree 64 will be sky expensive and cloud >> will do, then.By the way W530 is replaced by W540, donot see much benefit >> for my case. >> > > Be careful with Lenovo, some folks think it has a bad security reputation. > Why? *shrug*, not sure but maybe because it's a Chinese company with ties > to the PRC and IIRC, there was a BIOS flaw. > > --John > > Brgds, >> Lobna Gouda >> >>> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:13:09 -0800 >>> From: blakan...@gmail.com >>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>> Subject: Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations >>> >>> I have an almost two-year old Lenovo W530 with 32G ram. I've been happy >>> with it. I don't find myself taking advantage of the ram (w/ VMWare >>> Workstation) as much as I thought I would. >>> >>> http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w530/ >>> >>> -Keith >>> >>> Darden, Patrick wrote: >>> >>>> If there is a cheap quad-core laptop with 64GB of ram and no huge >>>> downsides... then sign me up! I expect that will be the standard in 5 >>>> years, but right now that is a hoss. >>>> >>>> Izaac's suggestion of using the cloud is good, if you can do it. Cloud >>>> services have come a long way--fast and easy to set up complex >>>> environments. Great article comparing performance and costs: >>>> >>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610403/cloud- >>>> computing/ultimate-cloud-speed-tests--amazon-vs-- >>>> google-vs--windows-azure.html >>>> >>>> --p >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Izaac >>>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 6:25 PM >>>> To: NANOG >>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: cheap laptop with 32G or 64G recommendations >>>> >>>> On November 10, 2014 4:49:08 PM EST, lobna gouda < >>>> lobna_go...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> Any recommendation, not looking for anything fantasy, my understanding >>>>> it should be quardcore, with more than DIMM0 slot so each can have 8G. >>>>> wind7-64bits to work. I want to use it as a server or practice logical >>>>> routers >>>>> >>>> "Cheap" and "64GiB of RAM" are incompatible concepts in laptops. >>>> >>>> There is no earthly reason you should need to carry a machine like that >>>> anyway. If for some reason you need something so equipped, get yourself a >>>> cloud instance and connect to it. That's how you save money. >>>> >>>> If you're stuck working in a completely isolated environment, then work >>>> it into the contract. That's the cost of being on an island. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Izaac >>>> >>> >> > >