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Laptops with Big RAM?

Posted by Cliff on from the beyond-the-2Gb-barrier dept.

Fubari wonders: "Anybody know when laptops over 4gb might be coming out? Some of the dev-tools I want to run are just obscene RAM-pigs. On the desktop I'm using now (Win2003), it sucks up 1.6gb just to boot. By the time I log in and start doing work, it is stretching 2Gb. Move that to Vista, add a VM-Ware session or two, and I'm worried I'll be pushing 4Gb. I'm torn between buying a 4Bb-max laptop now, or some mini-desktop that can fit in a set of luggage wheels. A friend of mine suggested something like this, but my first choice would be something designed to be portable. Any suggestions?"

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  1. Why not get one by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    with a few smaller ewes instead?

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    1. Re:Why not get one by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

      with a few smaller ewes instead? Speaking as someone who grew up on the border of Wales, can I recommend goats? They're like sheep but with the added convenience of handlebars.
    2. Re:Why not get one by shadowbearer · · Score: 3, Funny

      They're like sheep but with the added convenience of handlebars.

        Must. Resist. Obvious. Joke.

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  2. More than 4 GB?!?! by Sneakernets · · Score: 4, Funny

    good god.


    4 GB should be enough for everyone.

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  3. Re:strange requirements by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    4Bb : 32 bit^2 ?

    I guess those would be Biggabits.

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  4. Re:16GB Dual-Proc SPARC by KE1LR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Battery life: 12 seconds. :-)

  5. Re:Dell? by jim3e8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm running my house server just fine off of an old Dell PowerEdge Server with only 512k of memory

    Wow. Apparently 640K is enough for everybody.
  6. Re:16GB Dual-Proc SPARC by TeknoHog · · Score: 4, Funny

    With this solution the poster would have to switch to unix, but then he/she probably wouldn't need such obscene amounts of RAM.

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  7. Re:It's all about bandwidth by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because he comes from a less sophisticated world (windows) and does not know about such things. :) Quit given away all our secrets. :)

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  8. Re:Stop Suggesting alternate Platforms, OSes, Tool by Lord+Ender · · Score: 2, Funny

    On the desktop I'm using now (Win2003)
    I think its pretty safe to assume that given the initial info the user is probably doing Windows development.
    Thank you for that insight, Admiral Obvious, Sir!
    /me salutes
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  9. Byte bits by FormOfActionBanana · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nooo, he is considering buying a laptop with 4 Bb (Byte bits) of RAM.

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  10. Man, you're just like sheep by thewils · · Score: 2, Funny

    if all that you want is Big RAM.

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  11. MOD PARENT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I totally agree with Lost Race, and think that the parent posting deserves lots of merit.

  12. Disclaimer: This comment is meant to be funny by smbarbour · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's another problem that's not in your list... He's moving to Vista!

    (This comment is not meant to inspire hatred of anything. It is meant to make people laugh.)

    (Normally, I wouldn't have to explain that... but this is Slashdot!)

  13. Re:Obligatory car analogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    more like:

    Submitter: I want to go from New York to Los Angeles fast. Can someone suggest a good form of transportation?
    Slashdot: Have you considered going to New Jersey insted?
    You: That's a great idea. I live in my mom's basement in New Jersey, and it looks a lot like pictures of other people's basements in Los Angeles.