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

[yogesh]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:06 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
<sudhanwa.com at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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


I have AMD E350 apu and it has virtualization extension. AFAIK, all
current AMD solutions have it. Intel is the one who does not give
virtualization in ATOM series.

Regards,
Yogesh Chavan