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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. GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GNAA PWNZORZ U

  2. Dell? by otacon · · Score: -1, Troll

    ehh all of the Dell XPS laptops can take up to 4gb of ram...and I assume most high performance laptops can as well...Did you even bother looking?

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  3. Find new dev tools. by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are already enough comments telling you what I imagine you'll actually do -- desktop on wheels, or a laptop with 4 gigs of RAM when they come out. I'll make the unreasonable suggestion, then -- stop tolerating something that needs so much RAM! Go back to vim/gcc -- or whatever, there are certainly some saner options for you.

    I wouldn't mind a laptop with 8 or 10 gigs of RAM, but I'd much rather have a reasonably efficient system so I don't have to pay for that much RAM.

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  4. Why go with a 4 GB Windows box when... by martinezfive · · Score: -1, Troll

    You could get a Mac? Really, Mac apps run sooooo much more efficiently, CPU-wise and RAM-wise. If you can get away with it, I highly recommend doing so. Macs cost more, but work *better*.

  5. Re:It's all about bandwidth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a complete idiot, and I'm posting this from a mac.

  6. Stop using Windows by kramulous · · Score: 0, Troll

    Suggestions? Yeah. Stop using Windoze. I'm not trying to take the elitist role, but it sounds like you need more control over your computer's resources. If you still need to test apps, buy a second, crap laptop for testing purposes. I suspect it will be cheaper in the long term.

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