Re: Supporting Laptop for vmware vsphere 5.5 home lab

I have run version 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 on it, with 16GB RAM and a Samsung 840Pro SSD. The SSD is an an expensive addition, but well worth it.

The RAM cost ~£100 from crucial;

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=ThinkPad%20X230&Cat=RAM

I don't see any X230's here at the moment, but I bought a brand new one (with full warranty) from the outlet store for £530.00 excl VAT (less than half price);

http://outlet.uk.lenovo.com/store/lenovooe/en_GB/list/categoryID.56794100

Depending on your location, there is also a US outlet store;

http://outlet.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/outlet_us/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?current-catalog-id=A4A41B4CA13D4754AE2FBF7721EBF357&current-category-id=908B184AED4F29502E6EB3E1E76AFC13&menu-id=products&ref-id=products#/?page-index=1&facet-2=1&page-size=100&facet-3=17

Cheers,

Jon