I have been very happy w/ my 4GB XPS-M1330. I would be a little concerned about the expected lifetime of a SSD drive on a windows laptop though. I guess this is a Samsung drive? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Amar Kumar Padhi <amar.padhi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Have been using dell notebooks for many years, only on Linux. Presently > using dell xps m1330 with 3gb ram and 250gb hdd, running 10g and 11g DBs on > fedora Linux. Have run 3 to 4 instances in concurrence with heavy load, no > issues except Cpu temperature going up. Get those under notebook usb fan > coolers, very handy for dissipating hot air. > > Thanks! > Amar > Www.amar-Padhi.com > > > -original message- > Subject: semi-ot laptop that will run oracle, plus work > From: "John Smith" <john40855@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 18-05-2009 03:42 > > Ok, this is semi-off topic. I need a laptop that will run an Oracle > database, and at the same time do regular word processing, etc. I am > looking at the dell xps, which will take 8G ram, and can take a 256G SSD > drive. I need to run Oracle to try things out without messing up > production > DB's. Does anyone have input on this, or is it too far off topic? > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'