I am working my way through been self thought in cyber security. Going through Tryhackme modules, CyberMentor courses and the likes.
My issue now is getting a laptop that fits what i am doing. My laptop at the moment is a 12gb Ram with a 3rd gen processor. I can barely run my kali machine on VM ware with more than 4gb ram. And that is slow especially when i am trying to do password cracking or even basic port scanning.
I want to get a laptop and this are the choices i have streamlined,

HP Zbook 15 G3 Workstation
Dell Precision 7510,7520 Workstation
Dell Precision 7710,7720,
Lenovo ThinkPad P50 Workstation

I would also like to know if the XEON processor and this laptops will be better for me than the core i7 counterparts. I really don't know how the XEON processor will help or hamper setting up virtual machines. I intend to setup a active directory virtual box, kali and one or two sandboxes.

In summary i would like to know which laptop to choose and which processor to choose(XEON or Core i7).
Budget == Not more than 300k

Dimitarr:
I am working my way through been self thought in cyber security. Going through Tryhackme modules, CyberMentor courses and the likes.
My issue now is getting a laptop that fits what i am doing. My laptop at the moment is a 12gb Ram with a 3rd gen processor. I can barely run my kali machine on VM ware with more than 4gb ram. And that is slow especially when i am trying to do password cracking or even basic port scanning.
I want to get a laptop and this are the choices i have streamlined,

HP Zbook 15 G3 Workstation
Dell Precision 7510,7520 Workstation
Dell Precision 7710,7720,
Lenovo ThinkPad P50 Workstation

I would also like to know if the XEON processor and this laptops will be better for me than the core i7 counterparts. I really don't know how the XEON processor will help or hamper setting up virtual machines. I intend to setup a active directory virtual box, kali and one or two sandboxes.

In summary i would like to know which laptop to choose and which processor to choose(XEON or Core i7).
Budget == Not more than 300k

Chat me on WhatsApp on my signature. The Dell precision 7510 is available. It's core i7.

Dimitarr:
I am working my way through been self thought in cyber security. Going through Tryhackme modules, CyberMentor courses and the likes.
My issue now is getting a laptop that fits what i am doing. My laptop at the moment is a 12gb Ram with a 3rd gen processor. I can barely run my kali machine on VM ware with more than 4gb ram. And that is slow especially when i am trying to do password cracking or even basic port scanning.
I want to get a laptop and this are the choices i have streamlined,

HP Zbook 15 G3 Workstation
Dell Precision 7510,7520 Workstation
Dell Precision 7710,7720,
Lenovo ThinkPad P50 Workstation

I would also like to know if the XEON processor and this laptops will be better for me than the core i7 counterparts. I really don't know how the XEON processor will help or hamper setting up virtual machines. I intend to setup a active directory virtual box, kali and one or two sandboxes.

In summary i would like to know which laptop to choose and which processor to choose(XEON or Core i7).
Budget == Not more than 300k

The Xeon will be better than the i7 but you need to check the generation with benchmark to see if it is worth it, also I will advice if you can add more money & get a max-out version or get the one with the P5000 Graphics(either the i7 or Xeon) it will go alone way with what you want to do.
I have the 7720(what I am presently using to reply this now)