A few years ago I purchased a ThinkPad P50 when they first hit the market. Because I typically need a lot of horsepower for teaching classes and conference presentations, I was thrilled to get a system with 64GB or memory and a Xeon processor. Yes, I had to trade some weight for that much horsepower…
Tag: laptop
More Power is on the way
For the past several months, I’ve been debating about what to do for the next iteration of my Hyper-V network. I rely on it heavily for my writing, course-ware development, and training. For awhile now I’ve been traveling with a Yoga 2 Pro which runs a few virtual machines, and a Gigabyte Brix unit with…
The Ultrabook Quest Continues
I’ve been continuing my research and deliberations over a new laptop, and am still leaning towards the ultrabook form factor. As to be expected there is no perfect, no-brainer solution, at least for me. What I have been able to do is prioritize the features I need. Since my primary need is for a presentation…
My Ultrabook Quest
Working for myself, I try to keep major expenses to a minimum. Computer equipment falls into that category. But the time has come to refresh my laptop. And since many of you buy and support hardware I thought I’d turn to you for suggestions. I have some requirements and something of a short list but…