Hi Kart, Well, it's hard to say. Some things to consider: - To Mac or not to Mac? (This is really just your preference.) - Memory, get as much as you can afford. Running VMs will hog memory. If you can, find a model that supports 4 memory slots. That will allow you to go as high as 16 GB. (Possibly 32GB when the 8GB SODIMMS drop in price.) - Look into SSDs. Prices are always falling, and it can really improve performance. - After that, it's all the other little features....backlit keyboard (very nice), display size, etc... -Mark -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of K R Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:26 PM To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: laptop configuration All, I am thinking of buying a laptop to install virtualbox and install oracle 11gR2 RAC with OEL. What configuration and vendor I should be going for . Looking for any suggestion from the List members. Appreciate any pointers. Thanks Kart -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l