[Bradford] Specs for new PCs/laptops

[david C]

When I was looking recently I was struggling to work out what was happening
with new processors.

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.

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?

I'm fairly convinced that 'as much ram as you can manage' is still a good
thing.

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.

Maybe others are a bit more up on processors and clear some of the fog I
just generated.

Cheers
David
Ps. Hello Nigel!

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, 11:23 Nigel Smith via Bradford, <
bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> 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,
>
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>
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>
>
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>
> 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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