I need a high end laptop

[doan]

I need a high end laptop to use as a full workstation replacement. I currently use a Dell 9400: 2.1ghz core duo, 2 GB ram, 100GB 7200 rpm drive.

Now I need 64 bit support (linux) and 2 hard drives. Is there a laptop availble that has core 2 duo AND supports 2 SATA hard drives?

2 HD's at the same time with DVD drive would be prefered, but can prob work with 2 HD's with an external DVD.

Thanks

 

[Roguestar]

Most laptops only have one large SATA drive. To be honest in most there just isn't the room for two physical drives.

 

[Jibboom]

I think you'll have to settle for one internal hard drive and one external hard drive.

 

[doan]

Ok, I'm looking for a 2 HD model so I can run raid-0. This is for a medical app that loads 2000-3000 images at a time. Each image is about 512kb.

What if I used 2 external USB-2 drives in RAID-0?

The non-laptop version runs RAID-0 on 15k SCSI drives

 

[stogez]

I don't know what your budget is, but you could get one of several Alienware laptops that support raid 1/0
It would probably me much cheaper to add your own ram and second drive though since Alienware rips you off on those. The only good thing is that you won't need any external drives and you can have 400GB+ storage if you want/need and have the budget for them.

 

[SuperNaruto]

My dell d800 has dual drives..

basically the removable bay has many option.. the d820 has the same remoable option..

do not think its raid able..

 

[corkyg]

HP has a dual drive option (SATA) as well as RAID. Check it out. An example:

HP

 

[SuperNaruto]

here's dells' 20" "notebook" m2010, dual drive option and one big azz screen

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr...cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~section=specs#tabtop

 

[stogez]

Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. The M2010 has raid option but do you really want that thing? Its not really a "laptop" lol
Basically as far as I know, you would have to look at any halfway decent gaming laptop for the raid 0 option. I can't think of any business class laptops that have it

 

[Fraggable]

I have a HP DV8235NR with 2 100GB drives in RAID 0, and it came set up that way. I LOVE it. It's a 17" WS model and has a T2300 core duo and 1GB RAM. It can be upgraded to 2GB, and the CPU might be upgradable to a C2D.

They don't make the DV8000's anymore, but you might check the DV9000's.

EDIT: The DV9000z has an option for 2 drives, but it's a Turion 64 X2 CPU - up to a TL-60. Still a 64-bit dual core, maybe not as fast as a C2D.

Actually, the more I look at it, that DV9000z is an incredible deal.

XP MCE
Turion 64 X2 TL-52
17" 1440X900 BrightView screen
Go 7600 256MB
1GB DDR2
200GB HDDs (2 X 100GB)
DVD+/-RW DL
wireless
ExpressCard TV tuner w/remote (works really well, I have one)

Under $1400.

 

[humanure]

toshiba

More of a media center pc, but these are pretty powerful laptops, not great for portability though.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: stogez
Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. (

Wrong. Here is his quoted requirement:

"Is there a laptop availble that has core 2 duo AND supports 2 SATA hard drives?"

The HP dv9000z meets both.

 

[stogez]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: stogez
Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. (

Wrong. Here is his quoted requirement:

"Is there a laptop availble that has core 2 duo AND supports 2 SATA hard drives?"

The HP dv9000z meets both.

Read his second post where he clarifies what he needs. He wants the same performance on the laptop that his 2 Raid0 15k scsi drives provide.
Obviously there are many solutions if he just required 2 HDDs without any RAID. I haven't looked into it but on the site the HP doesn't say if the drives are in RAID.

 

[imported_michealo]

i believe sager makes notebook with raid hard drive configurations

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: humanure
toshiba

More of a media center pc, but these are pretty powerful laptops, not great for portability though.

Supports Raid, has 2 HDD's and is a Core 2 Duo Processor with 2 gigs of ram...

 

[SuperNaruto]

Originally posted by: stogez
Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. The M2010 has raid option but do you really want that thing? Its not really a "laptop" lol
Basically as far as I know, you would have to look at any halfway decent gaming laptop for the raid 0 option. I can't think of any business class laptops that have it

He said desktop replacement.. whats closest to a desktop than a huge azz laptop 9400 is already 17".. whats another 3"s

 

[SuperNaruto]

Originally posted by: stogez


Read his second post where he clarifies what he needs. He wants the same performance on the laptop that his 2 Raid0 15k scsi drives provide.
Obviously there are many solutions if he just required 2 HDDs without any RAID. I haven't looked into it but on the site the HP doesn't say if the drives are in RAID.

obviously he's posting from 5 years into the future where 15k 2.5" notebook drive have been developed

 

[doan]

Originally posted by: SuperNaruto

Originally posted by: stogez
Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. The M2010 has raid option but do you really want that thing? Its not really a "laptop" lol
Basically as far as I know, you would have to look at any halfway decent gaming laptop for the raid 0 option. I can't think of any business class laptops that have it

He said desktop replacement.. whats closest to a desktop than a huge azz laptop 9400 is already 17".. whats another 3"s

Thanks for all the help...I will look into those. I was hoping to find something smaller the 17" screen is a PITA on airplanes.

I just need 2 drives....I can run linux software raid.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: stogez
Read his second post where he clarifies what he needs. He wants the same performance on the laptop that his 2 Raid0 15k scsi drives provide.
Obviously there are many solutions if he just required 2 HDDs without any RAID. I haven't looked into it but on the site the HP doesn't say if the drives are in RAID.

OK - sorry - I missed the second post. The HP does have a RAID option, but I believe it is RAID 0.

No laptop I know of will match SCSI performance internally. What I would love to have is a laptop with internal SATA, and an eSATA port to connect a SATA external. That would be very useful.

 

[secretanchitman]

toshiba quosmio or whatever. has 2 hard drives, geforce 7600, 2GB, core 2 duo...

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: doan

Originally posted by: SuperNaruto

Originally posted by: stogez
Neither the D820 or the HP have what the OP needs. The M2010 has raid option but do you really want that thing? Its not really a "laptop" lol
Basically as far as I know, you would have to look at any halfway decent gaming laptop for the raid 0 option. I can't think of any business class laptops that have it

He said desktop replacement.. whats closest to a desktop than a huge azz laptop 9400 is already 17".. whats another 3"s

Thanks for all the help...I will look into those. I was hoping to find something smaller the 17" screen is a PITA on airplanes.

I just need 2 drives....I can run linux software raid.

the toshiba starts at 10.1 pounds where as this alienware notebook starts at 8 pounds which is noticably lighter, it has C2D, ATi Mobility radeon/GeForce GO (depending on your configuration), an integrated optical drive and of course 2 HD's with support for RAID-0, although i've never bought from them before so I can't tell you how their service is. the only thing which may bother you is the 17" screen although at least it's relatively thin (1.66") for a 17".

 

[Fraggable]

Where did he say anything about SCSI drives, much less say he needed the performance of a RAID 0 15K SCSI setup?? The OP never mentions SCSI or 15K at all.

If you need absolute top performance out of a laptop, you'll probably need to get one with 2 hard drive slots, and replace the factory-installed ones with 7200RPM drives unless the manufacturer offers that as an option - I don't think any of them do. That's the best HDD performance you can possibly get from a laptop now, period. 2 7200RPM 2.5" drives will never match the speed of 1 15K RPM SCSI 320 drive though.