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My dream laptop: 1) No malware/spyware tainted brand. 2) At least 32 GB ECC RAM, 16 GB is so 2010. ECC, because memory errors do happen and cause instability.
by vardump 11y ago
My dream laptop:
1) No malware/spyware tainted brand.
2) At least 32 GB ECC RAM, 16 GB is so 2010. ECC, because memory errors do happen and cause instability. 64 GB option wouldn't hurt either.
3) HiDPI (retina) display (IPS or equivalent)
4) Fast PCI-e attached SSD.
5) Ability to run two 4k monitors @60 Hz.
6) Stable USB3 ports (My 2015 RMBP keeps resetting USB3 ports, making it nearly impossible to run VMs on USB3 drives)
7) ~10h+ on battery.
- voltagex_ 11y ago>2015 RMBP keeps resetting USB3 ports Do you know who OEMed those ports? I've had a horrible run of luck with crappy USB3 chipsets in desktops - with the same symptoms as you're having. Do you still get the resets in Windows 8.1/10?
- vardump 11y ago> Do you know who OEMed those ports? Looks like Intel: PCI Device ID: 0x9cb1 PCI Revision ID: 0x0003 PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086 > Do you still get the resets in Windows 8.1/10? Just running latest OSX El Capitan.
- voltagex_ 11y agoThat's a little scary, I recognised that Vendor ID without looking it up (Intel). That's odd, Intel have been the ones that work the best in my experience (have also tried Renesas and Etron).
- bestham 11y agoWell it's very connected with Intel: 8086 -> 80186 + 80286 -> 80386 -> 80486 you know. USB 3.0 problems could also be mechanical problems with the connector. It's a very high bandwidth signal, about the frequency of standard wifi.
- sengork 11y agoThinkPad P50 might be for you: http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p-series/P50/p/22TP2WPWP50#tab-tech_specs http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p-ser...
- mcmillion 11y agoTake your RMBP back to Apple, that shouldn't be happening.
- greggyb 11y agoNot sure on the battery life, but check out the HP ZBook G3. We have the G2 at work and it's quite nice. It's got a lot of horsepower and I can go 4-6 hours on battery. The power brick is heavier than my own little 11 inch personal machine. It is a workstation line, not an ultrabook line.
- codebook 11y ago2) ECC , IMHO, is useless on personal laptop. Error rate is quite low that "opportunity cost" is too high. Except that, MBPr is proper solution. So, let's hope Apple to solve your USB3 port issue. (you can report, by the way)
- protomyth 11y agoNext laptop I get for hacking will probably be FreeBSD[1] and I'll be running ZFS so ECC would be a bonus. I understand the debate, but ECC should be standard given how much memory we are putting in these things. 1) well, PC-BSD most probably. I am more an OpenBSD person so I might still go that route.
- vacri 11y ago>2) At least 32 GB ECC RAM, 16 GB is so 2010 This is the major drawback of lenovo X1s - they only have 8GB of RAM max. In today's world. Crazy.