<div dir="auto">When I was looking recently I was struggling to work out what was happening with new processors.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It seemed to me that e.g. a new i7 processor might not be as good an older version, and that you should check to see if it's a mobile version or whatever. I'm under the impression that to get smaller, lightweight laptops the power is throttled to balance heat.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I wasn't sure if the security issue (Dave S!) was a factor to consider, and also didn't really know what's going on with AMD processors - Ryzen anyone?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm fairly convinced that 'as much ram as you can manage' is still a good thing.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I ended up with a used i7 ThinkPad T440p. I think I've got a fairly high spec version so e.g screen resolution is a bit better. It's old, but seems ok. I have bought a new battery and a SSD drive. The SSD really makes a huge difference.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe others are a bit more up on processors and clear some of the fog I just generated.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers</div><div dir="auto">David</div><div dir="auto">Ps. Hello Nigel!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, 11:23 Nigel Smith via Bradford, <<a href="mailto:bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk">bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Morning Mike,<div><br></div><div>I use my laptop for tethering and editing in Photoshop and Lightroom a lot and have never run into problems with the spec below.</div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 (Quad Core)</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I have to admit that it is a MacBook Pro Retina, but it has always done the job, and is now getting on for 7 years old, I've used it for everything, from running multiple VM's to recoding videos, it handles everything I throw at it, even now.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hope that helps a little bit.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Many thanks,</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-3167276762242620846gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">--</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Nigel Smith<br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><b>tel</b>: <a value="+448448581630" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer">0844 858 1630</a> <b>mob</b>: <a value="+447793102082" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer">07793 102 082</a><br><b>web</b>:<b> </b><a href="http://www.nigelsmith.co.uk/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.nigelsmith.co.uk</a></span></p></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 10:09, Devo Too via Bradford <<a href="mailto:bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
Things have moved on significantly since I last attempted to spec a PC <br>
or laptop. Having looked on a couple of sites including <br>
<a href="http://pcspecialist.co.uk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">pcspecialist.co.uk</a> to try and "design" a laptop for my own use, then <br>
calling our very own David Carpenter (the only other Lugger I have a <br>
number for, lucky you lot!) to see if he could throw any light on the <br>
topic. Well, he tried.<br>
<br>
So two questions: I need a laptop to process photographs, so not high <br>
end gaming or streaming video spec but then, not a simple browsing and <br>
word processing box either. Would anybody please try to suggest which <br>
type of processor, e.g. how many cores and all that stuff, and which <br>
type of video card would do the job well without overkill, here on the list?<br>
<br>
Secondly, do you consider this a worthwhile discussion topic for a LUG <br>
meeting? My own thoughts are that it would be useful to have a general <br>
understanding in today's terms, without necessarily identifying <br>
competing manufacturers, which CPU in generic terms is designed for what <br>
set of uses, same for video cards and are there any other components <br>
which are critical to know about when deciding?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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