tlarkin
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I have a macbook Pro, it is 1" thick and weighs 5lbs. I have to carry it all day every day. I run 3 VMs off of it (including Windows), create all packages for it, managed 40 servers with it (Win2k3, Netware, Suse Enterprise and OS X server), have about 5 open terminal sessions at any given time, do remote desktop, run all the Casper Suite software off of it, web, itunes, chat, plus I get all the nifty features that are built into it such as: SMS, ambient light sensor, back lit keyboard, multi touch mouse pad, everything wireless is built in (802.11 ABGN + blue tooth), FW 800/400.
I also develop as well so I have a text editor, script editor and a run time environment running all at the same time. I get about 3 to 4 full hours of battery usage on a light weight, thin, can do everything I need to and more laptop.
Now, if I have my back lit keyboard going, and the screen at it's brightest I get about 2 hours of battery life.
So I have easily, 20+ apps running at all times on my laptop all day every day at work. My laptop only has 2gigs of RAM in it and it runs snappy and fast every time. Unix memory and resource management is way more efficient. I beat that laptop into the ground and back and it is by far the best laptop I have ever owned in my entire life. I have owned pretty much every brand of laptop as well at one point in time.
I also need my laptops to be thin, I hate giant, clunky, over sized laptops that weigh a ton and take up lots of space. That defeats the mobility purpose in my opinion.
If I want RAID or SLI I will build myself a desktop to do so.
