Thread: laptops for my lab

hey folks.. am planning to setup a small lab for my cwna exam practise...

so heres the setup... 1 workstation(soon to be a server with windows 2003), 2 laptops, 1 access point, internet

workstation:- core2duo 8500,3ghz, 2gb 667mhz,240gb,vista ultimate x32
upgrade - 4gb 800mhz, win2003 x64, also running 3 virtual
machines ( ubuntu 9,fedora10, xp)

laptop 1:- need to run linux distro (preffered ubuntu x64 server) and a virtual machine(xp)

laptop 2:- preffered a mini lappy, enough power to run backtrack linux distro..

Access point - dlink or linksys or netgear ?

and also planning to setup a NAS(network attached storage) for all these machines with 80x80 gb=160gb case attached to access point through wire.

somebody please suggest me laptops and access point that would complete my lab and with in my budget of 46000/-50000/- ... thanks

Configuration Dell XPS 14 –
· i-7 Processor

· 2 GB NVIDIA HD Graphics card

· 8 GB DDR3 High speed RAM

· 500 GB Hard drive

· High speed wireless internet and Bluetooth

· JBL speakers with sub-woofer

· 1 Year In-home-engineer warranty with Accidental damage (Any part goes bad, engineer would come at your place, instead you carrying laptop to different places)

Special price – Rs 60792/-

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