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.
I just ordered a Dell Precision M4700 with Intel 3840QM (8MB cache), FHD display and a couple of accesories but with basic HDD and RAM. Today i received 32 GB RAM Crucial, SSD Samsung PRO (256) to install SO and another one SSD Samsung PRO (512) to host virtual machines.
Now, while i’m waiting for the notebook, i’m thinking about the best performance setup with this. I’m planning to install Windows Server 2012 as host, with SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013 with all the developer tools. And next install virtual machines, for example to Office Web Apps, front ends, etc.
What do you think about this setup? On which disk would do you install SQL Databases? Any suggest?
Thanks!
Here’s an idea — use a small hub and network to a windows 8/server 2012 laptop running hyperv and storage spaces! Probably cheaper than the thunderbolt array and multifunctional too
MBP most certainly IS a contender — running multiple MS servers on 13″ early 2011 MBP, 2.3 Ghz i5, 16Gb RAM, and (here’s the critical bit) 512Gb Crucial M4 SSD. I’ve just ordered another HD bay to replace the optical drive, along with an external Thunderbolt drive, as my problem isn’t processor, it’s disk space. I’d love 32Gb RAM, but so far with careful configuration it’s not been a real problem. A later MBP would be nice as it would have USB3, but I think I’m going to get around my diskspace issues with a NAS instead, and the setup I’m probably going to end up in the short-term is 2xMBP networked with a hub and a NAS. On the other hand I might mix a Windows 8 laptop with hyperv into the mix to act as the NAS. I just love my MBP! Using Fusions, btw, not Parallels. And the coolest thing of all — is I don’t have to lug around a 17″ beast all the time — just my lovely little 13″.
I just ordered a Lenovo W530 with an upgraded CPU and screen, 256 GB SSD, and spare power brick. I went with a 1x8GB RAM chip and will add another 24 locally when it arrives – 3x8GB Lenovo RAM goes locally for about $300 vs the $570 it would have cost with the order, and as needed I can swap out the DVD-RW for another SSD or a 500 GB 7200 RPM HDD.
Thanks for this thread and all the replies, all helped!
Cheers,
-Eli.
HP ProBook 6460b – 16GB with 512 GB SSD. separate DC and 10 GB for SP2013 and it works great.
Wow … what a lot of responses!