Development laptop - bang per buck

[DimPrawn]

Hi all,

Looking for another laptop for dev work. Mostly data mining/analysis services/predictive analytics stuff.

So memory and CPU number crunching power is the only thing I'm interested in.

Best I can find so far is this:

I7 Quad Core (Haswell) with 16GB DDR3

MSI CX61, CX61 2OD-011UK, MSI CX61 Haswell

£749 inc VAT

Anyone know of something more powerful for similar money?

[eek]

That's cheap.

The other speed improvement is ssd rather than spinning disks but I'm sure you are aware of that.

[BigRed]

SSD can give massive performance benefits, plus better battery life

[Moscow Mule]

Do you need a haswell? I thought the main benefit over ivybridge was reduced power consumption rather than increased speed/power?

[Spacecadet]

Do you need a haswell? I thought the main benefit over ivybridge was reduced power consumption rather than increased speed/power?

WHS

Intel alternate between speed and power efficiency improvements

[Spacecadet]

Hi all,

Looking for another laptop for dev work. Mostly data mining/analysis services/predictive analytics stuff.

So memory and CPU number crunching power is the only thing I'm interested in.

Best I can find so far is this:

I7 Quad Core (Haswell) with 16GB DDR3

MSI CX61, CX61 2OD-011UK, MSI CX61 Haswell

£749 inc VAT

Anyone know of something more powerful for similar money?

Dell Factory Outlet


Dell outlet xps15-l521x

£574 + VAT for an i7 with 8GB DDR3
upgrading the Ram will cost you about £100
change the hard drive for an SSD whilst you're at it

You can also change the mSATA SSD for a larger capactity drive then operate them independently

Swap out the DVD drive for another SSD if you feel extra special

Has the added advantage of not looking like a cheap Chinese knock off

There have been complaints of over heating, personally I've not had any issue with it. Even extended even gaming sessions have been unimpaired by excess heat.

[tranceporter]

Hi all,

Looking for another laptop for dev work. Mostly data mining/analysis services/predictive analytics stuff.

So memory and CPU number crunching power is the only thing I'm interested in.

Best I can find so far is this:

I7 Quad Core (Haswell) with 16GB DDR3

MSI CX61, CX61 2OD-011UK, MSI CX61 Haswell

£749 inc VAT

Anyone know of something more powerful for similar money?

Will check later for some deals, but one thing I would do is to buy the laptop with a strong CPU, but low RAM and HDD. If it saves you good £££'s, then you can always plug in latest ram + SSD at your own expense, which usually proves cheaper.

[yasockie]

I am guessing that you want to develop on the go - in a train etc.
Something I've been fiddling with - wanting more power is tiny PCs like this one:
Gigabyte BRIX
It can pack the latest DESKTOP Haswell i7 with much higher clockspeed than
You only pay for the components you're after and not the battery, LCD screen etc...

[TheFaQQer]

I am guessing that you want to develop on the go - in a train etc.
Something I've been fiddling with - wanting more power is tiny PCs like this one:
Gigabyte BRIX
It can pack the latest DESKTOP Haswell i7 with much higher clockspeed than
You only pay for the components you're after and not the battery, LCD screen etc...

Handy on the train. You just need to add the power supply, monitor, keyboard and mouse....

[eek]

Will check later for some deals, but one thing I would do is to buy the laptop with a strong CPU, but low RAM and HDD. If it saves you good £££'s, then you can always plug in latest ram + SSD at your own expense, which usually proves cheaper.

Surely the priority is best in class none replaceable parts (so screen, cpu, gpu) and then buy the replaceable parts separately.