My Acer TimelineX 5830TG is working great.
I'm a software developer and I use it with Ubuntu, and occasionally I need Windows 7 virtualized for Photoshop / Office.
The apps I use are mostly PHPStorm, Navicat, Docker, Firefox, Chrome and not much more. Maybe Intellij IDEA some times.
A new computer is around $1000, but with many features I don't need like a super NVidia graphic card.
What I currently have: nvidia 540m, i5 2540m, 6gb dd3 (2+4), 640gb hard drive disk.
I was thinking in buying:
This would improve greatly my laptop performance and it costs only $240 rather than $1000.
Apart from this, what laptop can you recommend me if I decide to get a new one? Key points I'm looking for:
I'm a software developer and I use it with Ubuntu, and occasionally I need Windows 7 virtualized for Photoshop / Office.
The apps I use are mostly PHPStorm, Navicat, Docker, Firefox, Chrome and not much more. Maybe Intellij IDEA some times.
A new computer is around $1000, but with many features I don't need like a super NVidia graphic card.
What I currently have: nvidia 540m, i5 2540m, 6gb dd3 (2+4), 640gb hard drive disk.
I was thinking in buying:
2x8gb ddr3 sodimm for $120 (my laptop specs says up to 8gb, but the processor supports up to 16gb)
SSD for another $120.
This would improve greatly my laptop performance and it costs only $240 rather than $1000.
Apart from this, what laptop can you recommend me if I decide to get a new one? Key points I'm looking for:
Linux support
Backlit keyboard
Numeric keyboard
Full HD display
2KG or less.
16GB RAM (but this can be added)
512GB SSD (but this can be added)