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by dis-sys 1337 days ago
> I don't think I'm ever going to use a non-ECC desktop again, the additional cost is not that high for the extra safety against silent corruption.

same here, but sadly you don't get to choose what you get when purchasing laptops, it is simply impossible to get ECC ram if you run mbp.
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vladvasiliu 1337 days ago
Even in PC-land, I don't think there's much choice when it comes to ECC in laptops.

I can only remember one model of Lenovo that had an option to have a Xeon CPU with ECC RAM. I've never seen one with an AMD CPU.

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adrian_b 1337 days ago
There are many Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops with ECC memory, but all are very expensive (e.g. $2500 ... $7500 in a usable configuration, even if the prices may start a little under $2000, but in a useless configuration).

When browsing their Web sites, these models are not obvious, because they are in the section for "enterprise" laptops, listed under "mobile workstations".

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