[Bradford] Specs for new PCs/laptops

[Nigel Smith]

Morning Mike,

I use my laptop for tethering and editing in Photoshop and Lightroom a lot
and have never run into problems with the spec below.

Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 (Quad Core)
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

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.

Hope that helps a little bit.


Many thanks,

--

Nigel Smith


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*web*: www.nigelsmith.co.uk


On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 10:09, Devo Too via Bradford <
bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Things have moved on significantly since I last attempted to spec a PC
> or laptop. Having looked on a couple of sites including
> pcspecialist.co.uk to try and "design" a laptop for my own use, then
> calling our very own David Carpenter (the only other Lugger I have a
> number for, lucky you lot!) to see if he could throw any light on the
> topic. Well, he tried.
>
> So two questions: I need a laptop to process photographs, so not high
> end gaming or streaming video spec but then, not a simple browsing and
> word processing box either. Would anybody please try to suggest which
> type of processor, e.g. how many cores and all that stuff, and which
> type of video card would do the job well without overkill, here on the
> list?
>
> Secondly, do you consider this a worthwhile discussion topic for a LUG
> meeting? My own thoughts are that it would be useful to have a general
> understanding in today's terms, without necessarily identifying
> competing manufacturers, which CPU in generic terms is designed for what
> set of uses, same for video cards and are there any other components
> which are critical to know about when deciding?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
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