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.
Hi Marc,
Would you like to share where did you purchased it from, I am not able to find any Asus G750JX with 32gb ram.
Have to agree with Vlad — not worth the hassle to have your base OS be a server, Windows 8 will be much smoother. For SQL optimisation, check out the whitepaper here => http://absolute-sharepoint.com/2013/04/free-whitepaper-maximizing-sql-2012-performance-for-sharepoint-2013-whitepaper.html It’s written by …. Vlad. See why I had to agree with him? But I’ll add a thought — vm’s also run really well with their drives on a 2012 server with storage spaces (configure with ntfs & dedupe & not with parity), so a gigabit-connected microserver might give you another option — esata (or even usb3) connected drives is another avenue you might consider.
I would go for a Windows 8 Host + HyperV and add everything as a VM after.
Reason = Drivers especially and SSD improvements. Plus, it’s easier to go back to snapshots ;).
I got my W520 with Upgraded i7 and 32GB of ram.. it rocks. You are right, Lenovo charges WAY to much for Ram. If you open the keyboard for the extra ram, might as well buy the MSata SSD and install it at the same time.
I’m using an HP Elitebook 8760w. It’s an i7 CPU with 24Gb of RAM. I run my VM at 12Gb and it runs fine.
Wow … what a lot of responses!