HP Spectre NV13-2150NR 13.3" Ultrabook, i5-3317U 1.7GHz, 128GB SSD, 4GB DDR3, Windows 8, Beats Audio, Gigabit LAN and WLAN for $599 from Newegg

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Quote from STi : True that. My laptop can handle 16gb ram but no way in the world I will upgrade to 8 to 16gb. The 8gb is should be enough for everyday needs and light gaming. You Sir one in 10000. Not everyone runs J2EE app servers via ultrabooks or any pc at all. The normal people who visit SDs are average joes that buy laptops to surf Facebook and type documents.

At least in my household we don't keep multiple PCs in the living room where we spend a lot of time. We have one laptop that is not a heavy weight (think light browsing and youtube/skype etc for wife) . Yet I use it for casual development stuff when watching TV etc. Run a LAMP setup, have Visual Studio installed, Eclipse, a database for quick local poc work etc.

And yes most of my friends follow similar model. Exception is if they already have an Office laptop and are in a long running job/contract.

Quote from STi : True that. My laptop can handle 16gb ram but no way in the world I will upgrade to 8 to 16gb. The 8gb is should be enough for everyday needs and light gaming. You Sir one in 10000. Not everyone runs J2EE app servers via ultrabooks or any pc at all. The normal people who visit SDs are average joes that buy laptops to surf Facebook and type documents.

yet they always yell 1080p or no deal or like this, BUT 4GB RAM ONLY!!

its the next generation HDMI posts

Quote from stubbornboy : At least in my household we don't keep multiple PCs in the living room where we spend a lot of time. We have one laptop that is not a heavy weight (think light browsing and youtube/skype etc for wife) . Yet I use it for casual development stuff when watching TV etc. Run a LAMP setup, have Visual Studio installed, Eclipse, a database for quick local poc work etc. And yes most of my friends follow similar model. Exception is if they already have an Office laptop and are in a long running job/contract.

Exactly. I like to multi-task. I don't have a "gaming rig" or a "HT-only pc" or a "kitchen laptop". I want the best bang for the buck with the condition that it's mobile. I may not want to do all of the above but I want to be as productive as possible without hitting a hard-set memory condition.

I did that with my T60 (not the gaming, but everything else), served me well but I need something with more room to breathe. This laptop would have been it if it was upgrade friendly.