RANT: 'MBPR' is false advertising. This is a 'MBAR'

[Gareth]

M A V I C wrote:
Here's one place you can get a machine with 1TB of RAM http://www.pogolinux.com/products/intel_servers

So you want to compare a rack mount server to a laptop? Hmm...

[Buck]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
Here's one place you can get a machine with 1TB of RAM http://www.pogolinux.com/products/intel_servers

So you want to compare a rack mount server to a laptop? Hmm...
$15,000???? I'll take 5 MBPR's please.

Comparing Apples and swine

[M A V I C]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
Here's one place you can get a machine with 1TB of RAM http://www.pogolinux.com/products/intel_servers

So you want to compare a rack mount server to a laptop? Hmm...
Just saying that 16GB isn't much in the grand scheme.

[Gareth]

Buck wrote:
[quote=Gareth]
[quote=M A V I C]
Here's one place you can get a machine with 1TB of RAM http://www.pogolinux.com/products/intel_servers

So you want to compare a rack mount server to a laptop? Hmm...
$15,000???? I'll take 5 MBPR's please.
$15k just for the server with 32GB RAM. Another $8k to outfit it with that 1TB of RAM.

[decay]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=Gareth]
[quote=M A V I C]
Here's one place you can get a machine with 1TB of RAM http://www.pogolinux.com/products/intel_servers

So you want to compare a rack mount server to a laptop? Hmm...
Just saying that 16GB isn't much in the grand scheme.
you can't really compare servers to laptops - they are different tools for different purposes.

the reason a server supports that much ram is running virtual machines. who would do that on a MBPR?

in the grand scheme, 16GB is a good amount of RAM for a portable computer. 32GB would be better; are there any companies making laptops that support that?