[sleuthkit-users] Road Machine, Imaging, and Processor Speed?

[Rich T. <te...@ya...>]

Hey,

I need to put together a portable imaging kit. 
Obviously I will use a laptop (w/ Linux), but question
is on CPU speed.  I realize CPU speed is very
important for my analysis station (searching etc...),
but how important is a faster processor to making a dd
image for take back to the lab?

Budget is limited, but I don't want to shoot myself in
the foot either.  I use a 3.06ghz P4 w/ 1gb ram as my
analysis machine and it hauls butt on everything
(although, I do want to build a dual cpu machine - I
hear they really crank on searching!)  What is
everyone else using for their road machines?

Does anyone have any preferences or experience with
low, mid, and max speed laptops?  Or, for that matter,
any opinions on using an Apple laptop to make dd
images to take back?

I really want to get the best machine possible, stay
within my budget (which I don't have the $$ figure
yet), and be able to get other peripherals.  I will be
using firefly's from digital intel for connecting
suspect and target drives, and will max out ram on
whatever I get.

So, what are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Rich

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