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Comfortable: 16Gb minimum ram, i7 processor (let's say 2 cores) and SSD drive of 256Gb

Better: 32Gb ram, i7 processor (4 cores) and SSD of 512Gb

Brand: Lenovo, Dell, HP ... Doesn't really matter as long as they have decent support/warranty.

thanks, I was looking to do this on a macbook pro. looks like the 15" with the quadcore and 16gb would be the way to go. I was initially looking at 13" with dual core and 16gb due to batter life and weight.

The Macbook Pro using VMware Fusion (or Parallels, etc...) is a good choice, I have a similar setup working without a problem. 13" might be nice for traveling if you do that a lot, but when sitting at a desk the bigger screen is nice. (of course you could always connect an external screen but still).

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