I am planning to buy a new notebook for my home office use. Though I don't run a business from home it simply means that i will have the following application server, web server and a database server installed for my learning. Mostly the list will include
- IBM Lotus Domino server V8.5.x
- IBM Lotus Quickr server V8.5.x
- IBM Lotus Symphony
- IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1.x with WCM
- DB2 / My SQL / MS-SQL
- IIS, IBM Http server / Tomcat / JBoss
- Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Designer and Administrator V8.5.x
- Eclipse / RAD tools
- MS Visual Studio
- MS - Office full suite including Visio, Project etc
- FeedDemon reader
- Windows live writer
- Nokia PC suite
- IE, Firefox and Chrome
- IM tools, Skype
- Photo editing tools
- Plus the Windows 7 system programs and Laptop manufacturer specific programs
- And sometimes go crazy download and install web frameworks and once in a while gaming, watching movies etc
I am pondering over Lenovo Thinkpad 410 vs Thinkpad 410i vs Samsung R480
Processors | Intel® CoreTM i5-520M processor
(2.40GHz up to 2.93GHz with Turbo Boost, 3MB L3 Cache) |
Operating system12 | Genuine Windows®7 Professional |
Chipset | Mobile Intel® QM57 Chipset |
Memory8 | 2GB DDR3 SDRAM |
Hard disk4 | 320GB SATA HDD (7200 rpm) |
Optical device5 | Dual Layer Multiburner Drive (DVD-RW) |
Graphics | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics |
Display | 14.1" WXGA+ TFT with X201 LED Backlight Display |
Battery | 6-cell Li-ion Battery |
Warranty | 3-year on-site Warranty |
- Lenovo Thinkpad 410i Configuration priced around SGD 2050
Processors | Intel® CoreTM i5-430M processor
(2.26GHz up to 2.53GHz with Turbo Boost, 3MB L3 Cache)
|
Operating system12 | Genuine Windows®7 Professional |
Chipset | Mobile Intel® QM57 Chipset |
Memory8 | 2GB DDR3 SDRAM |
Hard disk4 | 320GB SATA HDD (7200 rpm) |
Optical device5 | Dual Layer Multiburner Drive (DVD-RW) |
Graphics | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics |
Display | 14.1" WXGA+ TFT with X201 LED Backlight Display |
Battery | 6-cell Li-ion Battery |
Warranty | 3-year on-site Warranty |
- Samsung R480 Configuration priced around SGD 1500
Processors | Intel Сore i5 540M, 2.53 GHz
|
Operating system12 | Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit). |
Chipset | Intel HM55 Express |
Memory8 | 4GB (DDR3/2GB x 2) |
Hard disk4 | 500GB (5,400rpm S-ATA) |
Optical device5 | Super Multi Dual Layer (S-ATA) |
Graphics | nVIDIA GeForce 310M 512MB gDDR3 |
Display | 35.56cm (14.0 inch) LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss |
Battery | 6-cell Li-ion Battery |
Warranty | 2 year local warranty |
For the requirements stated above, which once would be a better choice? While i am tempted to buy Samsung purely because of pricing, i am not sure whether it can meet my requirements given above. Thanks in advance. Happy weekend ;)
u can't buy anything less than 4 gb ram. its min req because 1 to 8 are heavy, if you run more than 2 or 3 stuff at the same time.
ReplyDeletei wud suggest u buy a dell server.SMB server, and then use laptop/desktop to connect..
buy hp laptop.. 2 gb ram is enough for people like u.. u r only manager rt?
ReplyDeletego for japan make laptop la
ReplyDeleteGo for thinkpad if you can afford. 2gb RAM is not good.Atleast 4GB.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inputs. I have purchased Thinkpad T410 which is option 1. More on that later
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