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>An m4.2xlarge on AWS EC2 provides 8 cores and 32 gig of RAM for 40 cents/hour. That'd be $288/month

used ThinkPad W540 with same config goes for ~1.5 months of your AWS rent.



And it even comes with a "free" UPS :)

Laptops are surprisingly good as little dev servers. In fact, you can find ones with broken screens for even cheaper, which is fantastic!

Few hundred bucks can get you a nice i5 or i7 processor




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