[Bradford] Specs for new PCs/laptops

[Devo Too]

I eventually bought new from pcspecialist.co.uk. Very similar spec to 
Nigel, first respondent. It has the i7 too, but seemingly the wrinkles 
have been ironed out because they told me they hadn't had any problems 
with them for quite some time and they are better able to handle the 
high PCU load of applications such as Photoshop, although I don't know 
whether darktable or other FOSS software exerts such a load. I suspect 
they will do.

Even though my needs are met for the foreseeable future, it would be 
interesting, as you say David, to have some of the fog, which was there 
long before your input, lifted.

Cheers,
Mike

On 01/03/2019 09:37, david C via Bradford wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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,
> 
>     --
> 
>     Nigel Smith
> 
> 
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> 
>     On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 10:09, Devo Too via Bradford
>     <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto: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 <http://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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