[nmglug] piece of iron

[Andres Paglayan]

I mainly deal with web business apps that are meant for the datacenter,
and must have a copy on development mode that reloads half the code from
disk on each request and 
has to run on my laptop, that, plus all the tests that have to run
before each commit
makes my need for a good processor and tons of memory, 

the difference is between running tests and keep working or running
tests and going for a coffee,

The 4 y old t61 has 4g ram, a T7500  @ 2.20GHz, and SSD, (and a noisy
fan),
but waiting 60~120 seconds for a battery of tests to run or 10 seconds
for requests to a web app (that has to boot half of it each time)
is frustrating, so I am currently looking at a Lenovo w520 that
practically can quadruplicate the specs,

I am as well starting to experiment with running all at the servers on
the datacenter and connecting to them
via consoles and the browsers, almost mimicking the local environment,



On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 18:54 -0600, nick pitlosh wrote:

> might you also consider the idea of buying a nice bt keyboard and a
> trendy slate?
> 
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <farnsaw at stonedoor.com> wrote:
> > I will second Lenovo.  It really depends on what kind of processing power
> > you need.  If you just need a basic laptop, I would almost suggest something
> > like a basic $500 Dell or HP (HP has quite a nice i5 laptop for $500 right
> > now).  The money you save this way can then be set aside for it's
> > replacement in 4-5 years.
> >
> > Bets are off if you need a more serious machine with real graphics.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:37 PM, nick pitlosh <nickpitlosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> hey there, seems that the list isnt really into iron as you put it.
> >> Honestly for the build quality, i go with asus or lenovo. Both have
> >> good keyboards in their lineups. I'll take your t61 if you dont want
> >> it anymore though;)
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Andres Paglayan <andres at paglayan.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Every three or four years comes a time when you gotta take the saddle
> >> > out
> >> > and shoot your horse.
> >> >
> >> > My 4 year old T61 is still serving me good, a year ago changed the old
> >> > HD
> >> > for a SSD that brought her fresh live,
> >> > but I am now replacing a noisy fan and makes me worry just about the
> >> > next
> >> > thing that can happen to my workhorse.
> >> >
> >> > budget shouldn't be a problem as I type on this thing 24/7/365 x 4
> >> >
> >> > I am looking at system76, lenovo T520, and mac hardware
> >> >
> >> > So I wonder, what the list thinks is the best iron out there these days?
> >> >
> >> >
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