Re: best laptop for an errant dba?

  • From: "Kevin Lidh" <kevin.lidh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: shreeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:29:19 -0600

I'm sure that most people will say, "It depends on what you're using it
for."  I wanted a portable server-ish delopment environment.  I have an HP
dv9000 with an AMD-64 processor, 2GB RAM, and two 100 GB hard drives in it.
I have Fedora Core 4 x86-64 and Oracle 9i (64-bit) with VMWare running XP or
Solaris and 10gR2 on those.  It's been a fantastic box but certainly not a
laptop per se as it has a bit of weight and is too hot for a lap.  It has a
17" screen but, more importantly, a bigger keyboard than a typical laptop.

On 10/2/06, Shreeni <shreeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

I am using my HP Laptop zv5340US about 2 yrs old ( AMD 64 3400+ with 100
gb
HDD and 1.2 Gigs RAM ). Fantastic 15.4 inch screen. I just luv it.

I have WIndows Vista RC-1 with Oracle 10G (10.2.0.2), TOAD 8.6.0.38,
AllFusion DM 7.1, PowerDVD. The smaller partition has Ubuntu UNIX on
VMWare
:-)

This is my great workhorse..but a little loud on the fan side though


Thanks and have a good day.

Shreeni
(630) 401-2887 (Mobile)
(630) 837-1730 (Home)


-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Carmen Rusu
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:00 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: OT: best laptop for an errant dba?


Choices of laptops out there are mind boggling!

What laptops are you using that gave you good return for the money?
Reliable
and pleasant to work with?

I am thinking of buying  laptop, dividing it in Linux and Windows, put
Orace
db on Linux, dba tools on windows (TOAD ,ERd) and use it as my main
workhorse.

Thanks a lot for your thoughts.

Regards,

Carmen Rusu
Oracle DBA Certified Professional
512-463-3657 (office)
512-606-5012 (pager)


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