too heavy if you are going to buy a heavy laptop, get... SYSTEM OPTIONS Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM (Quad Core 2.40GHz, 6M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro™ technology) edit Operating System Windows 7 Professional, No Media, 64-bit, English edit System Recovery None edit Energy Star/E-PEAT Gold No ESTAR Enabled edit LCDs 17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD(1920x1080) PremierColor IPS RGB Anti-Glare LED-backlit Premium Panel Guarantee edit Graphics NVIDIA® Quadro® 5010M with 4GB GDDR5 edit Memory 32.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 4 DIMMS edit STORAGE AND MEDIA OPTIONS
RAID Configuration All Hard Drives, RAID 1, 2 drive total configuration edit Primary Storage 512GB (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive edit Secondary Storage 512GB (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive edit Third Hard Drive None edit Media Bay Devices Blu-ray Disc™ with Roxio and Cyberlink PDVD™, No Media edit POWER OPTIONS Extended Battery Service None edit NETWORKING OPTIONS Wireless LAN (802.11) Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.16e Half Mini Card edit Bluetooth Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth Module edit Mobile Broadband None edit DOCKING SOLUTIONS External Monitor None edit Second External Monitor None edit SOFTWARE OPTIONS Productivity Software Microsoft Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel with ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook edit SECURITY AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Fingerprint Reader Options Internal Swipe Fingerprint Reader and Contactless Smartcard Reader edit Systems Management Intel vPro™ Technology’s Advanced Management Features edit ACCESSORIES Carrying Cases Timbuk2 Premium Messenger (Breakout) Case (Up to 17.0) edit ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIONS Environmental Options None edit Dell Recycling None edit ASSET PROTECTION SERVICES Hardware Support Services 3 Year Basic Hardware Service with 3 Year NBD Limited Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis edit Accidental Damage Service None edit Data Protection Services None edit DATA PROTECTION Keep Your Hard Drive Keep Your Hard Drive, 3 Years edit OTHER OPTIONS Accessories None edit Docking Solutions (Shipping Separately) None edit Also included in this system The following options are default selections included with your order Precision Mobile M6600 Internal English Backlit Keyboard 9-cell (97Wh) Lithium Ion Battery 210W/240W switchable Slim 3P A/C Adapter Intel Core i7 vPro Label ----- Original Message ----- Check this one out Carl... http://www.slashgear.com/hp-spectrext-touchsmart-ultrabook-delivers-thunderbolt-and-win8-touchscreen-29244775/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashgear+%28SlashGear%29 On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Webster < webs...@carlwebster.com > wrote: My current MBPro is what I use for my work when I am at customer sites. It does run Parallels and has a Win7 VM so I can run Visio and PowerPoint 2010 (generating a PDF from PP 2010 from Win7 is MUCH better than the PDF I get from PP 2011 on the Mac). Since this is my main computer on the road, I don't want to be also using it to run 7 or 8 VMs that I need for my labs. This is also the computer I use when I give my presentations and will need another to give demos of what I talk about. Hope I will find out about a really nice project tomorrow which will require me to have the two for what I will be doing. Yeah, I know, NDAs suck at times. :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Don Kuhlman < drkuhl...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Ultrabook Is the MBPro too heavy for what you want to do Carl? What about running Parallels desktop on it and setting up a 64 bit Windows 7 machine isolated? http://www.parallels.com/landingpage/dskd77/?source=g_us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin