[PLUG] Good 20K Laptops for LAMP based web development

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:30 PM, G Karunakar <indlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Gaurav Pant <gauravggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello people,
>>
>> I am looking forward to buying laptops around 20K. The online shopping sites
>> are having many of them having AMD Kabini processor having speeds of 1 GHz
>> to 1.5 GHz.
>>
>> Also loads of P4 and Celeron dual core stuff is out there.
>>
>> What are your reviews if you have used the same.
>>
>> My main purpose will be Running a LAMP set-up (XFCE type desktop). (MySQL
>> and Apache will be started when needed).
>>
>> Majority of the time it will be a Mozilla Firefox with around 5-8 tabs open.
>>
>> considering a laptop life of around 3 years (any thing more than that will
>> be bonus period) I am not interested in spending any more than 20-22K INR.
>>
>
>
> I have Thinkpad x120e (11.6" screen) which has AMD APU E350 (low end
> compared to Kabini ones), with 4GB RAM. Found this good enough for
> multi purpose use, doing all above without much of cpu load factor.
> Any dual core cpu or APU outperforming a E350 , I would say is worth
> it.
>
> Online shopping sites give you enough to sort the models, but some suggestions:
>  - see that you can add more ram (there should be extra slot - some
> sub 20K ones have only 1 slot and not configurable)
>  - 6 cell battery
>  - HDD replacable - ie you can change without voiding warranty. You
> may later want to put in a SSD which will easily double the speed.
>  - if possible screen size 14" or less
>  - would be bonus if it has USB 3.0 ports.
>
> Karunakar
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Even though you may not require virtualisation today, that could be a
requirement anytime soon.
Consider a machine that can give you Virtualisation facilities. The
machines mentioned here may not provide the same. The price will also
increase accordingly.

Regards
-Sudhanwa




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