recommend laptop for programming/virtualization

[jazy1992]

hi all! planning to get a laptop for mainly programming/virtualization with the following criteria.

1) 8gb ram (will be doing a lot of virtualization so i think i need the memory)
2) light

I don't really have a budget but do try to keep recommendations to as economical as possible. Much appreciated!

 

[Gribber]

hi all! planning to get a laptop for mainly programming/virtualization with the following criteria.

1) 8gb ram (will be doing a lot of virtualization so i think i need the memory)
2) light

I don't really have a budget but do try to keep recommendations to as economical as possible. Much appreciated!

Dell Vostro 5470

 

[jazy1992]

Dell Vostro 5470

hey! thanks for the recommendation.

out of curiosity, i explored other models available from dell and found this. what do you think?

Inspiron 14 5000 Series Laptop Details | Dell Singapore

 

[Gribber]

hey! thanks for the recommendation.

out of curiosity, i explored other models available from dell and found this. what do you think?

Inspiron 14 5000 Series Laptop Details | Dell Singapore

i do not think 2.02Kg is considered light.

 

[jazy1992]

i do not think 2.02Kg is considered light.

hmm.. point taken, shall consider this then. thanks alot!

 

[FlyingNuggets]

Have you Checked HP laptops? if i am not wrong dell are more expensive then hp laptops

 

[jazy1992]

Have you Checked HP laptops? if i am not wrong dell are more expensive then hp laptops

yup already did previously, at that price range there are some models that have specs a little better than vostro. however, i doubt the difference will be noticable in real life.

 

[Death4ngel]

Are you buying for school use? 2kg will die one. and 2kg is not even including the adapter, which is fairly heavy for big laptops.

 

[QQQ321]

What software you're using ? VM ?

I think you need a Quad Core Laptop with 16GB RAM



How about msi GS60 ?

 

[jazy1992]

Are you buying for school use? 2kg will die one. and 2kg is not even including the adapter, which is fairly heavy for big laptops.

yeap more or less for sch usage, i believe thats why gribbler recommended 5470.

 

[jazy1992]

What software you're using ? VM ?

I think you need a Quad Core Laptop with 16GB RAM



How about msi GS60 ?

i dun think quad core is a must here due to the fact that i5 4200u has hyperthreading.

i think 16gb is an overkill with programs being more memory efficient these days, but i do agree that the ram has to be upgraded.

what i feel must be upgraded is actually the hdd. thinking of getting an ssd to replace it and use the hdd as a backup.

 

[MeowEatsFish]

Try Asus UX32LN with 8gb upgraded. Personally i use it for programming/virtualization running on an i5 core.

Can PM me if u wanna know more,using the above laptop.