Laptop for Android developer/consultant

[Scougar]

Looking at training as an android consultant and am gonna need a laptop for it. Any suggestions? Think budget, but must be reliable and quick enough for compiling etc.

Any traits I may have missed a consultant might need?

 

[Hades]

Memory. Lots of it.

Any chance of wanting to cross develop for iOS? If so then Macbook. If not then anything that suits you with lots of memory, a matte screen and ability to hook up at least two external monitors.

 

[Scougar]

I will be going from Java (J2EE) to Android, but I believe the company also do iOS although that isn't what I will be training for if I accept the job.

Will try 6GB Minimum then. The AMD A6 and A8's any good?