Go on let’s have em, what laptops are you all running and do you recommend for SP 2013 development ? The MBP a contender (surely not)!… Is anyone surviving on 16gb ?
UPDATE! Can you also add your laptop and configuration to this list : (User “Add to List”). http://list.ly/list/73V-sharepoint-2013-laptops. If someone has the same one, just vote it up.
Another option is the HP EliteBook 8570W — 15.6″ display, up to 32Gb ram (only with quad-core processors though), built in msata drive slot (mine came with a 24Gb msata card set up as a cache of the 750Gb 7200rpm hard drive), but Crucial has a compatible 480Gb msata which I’ll consider just as soon as I can figure out how to make it the system drive. Â
One of the Lenovos makes you choose between a msata or 3g card — the HP allows both simultaneously, so if mobile broadband is important that might be an issue for you. Â I’ve also swapped in a Crucial 960Gb SSD for the hard drive, and if I need any more space I’ll look at changing the DVD for another 960Gb (or the new Samsung when it’s available).Â
So far I’m pretty happy with it — just haven’t tested it with a full sp2013 build yet (with OWA & AWF) but that’s coming very soon ….
It’s an Ivy Bridge processor setup, so as the Haswells are en-route you might see some end-of-line clearance bargains on these soon.
Wow … what a lot of responses!