[nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop

Jude DaShiell jdashiel at panix.com
Mon Mar 19 01:38:18 UTC 2018 

Are both of those laptops corporate models?

On Sun, 18 Mar 2018, Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 18:47:51
> From: Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Christopher Chaltain <chaltain at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop
> 
> I don't notice a great deal of difference in performance between my home 
> computer which has a 2TB spinning drive and the computer I use at the office, 
> which has a 128G SSD drive. I know the SSD is faster, but it isn't fast 
> enough that I notice it as I'm using my computer. I assume that's because the 
> increase in performance is masked by things like caching, the operating 
> system, screen reader and so on.
>
>
> The one thing I do notice is that the battery life on my laptop with an SSD 
> drive is amazing. I can basically go all 8 hours in the office without 
> needing an outlet.
>
>
> BTW, I went with a spinning drive on my personal lapttop because I wanted 
> room to run and store multiple virtual machines, and I didn't want to pay the 
> money needed to get a 512G SSD drive or larger. I was also a bit worried 
> about the performance of running a virtual machine from a external drive.
>
>
> On 03/18/2018 03:21 PM, Jeffrey D Stark via nfbcs wrote:
>>  Compare speed of SSD vs standard HDD.  I can't live on a pc with a
>>  standard
>>  HDD for load speed and responsiveness.
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via
>>  nfbcs
>>  Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 3:13 PM
>>  To: Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>;
>>  'undisclosed-recipients:'
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>>  Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>>  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop
>>
>>  Before buying any solid state drive, I'd check based on price for similar
>>  capacity drives in older technology.  Reason for that is solid state
>>  drives
>>  have failed to live up to their hype and are no more reliable than the
>>  older
>>  technology they try to replace.  At least one report to this effect was in
>>  the howtogeek.com newsletter but even before that, I have a source still
>>  working for the Navy who is definitely on the side of technical things
>>  tell
>>  me this as well.
>>
>>  On Sun, 18 Mar 2018, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs wrote:
>>
>>>  Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:02:15
>>>  From: Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>  To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>,
>>>       "'undisclosed-recipients:'" <MISSING_MAILBOX at MISSING_DOMAIN>
>>>  Cc: Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>>  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop
>>>
>>>  	Be careful if you buy a Lenova. Their battery life is great, ut some
>>>  of them have really weird keyboard layouts.
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey D
>>>  Stark via nfbcs
>>>  Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 4:29 PM
>>>  To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'; undisclosed-recipients:
>>>  Cc: Jeffrey D Stark
>>>  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop
>>>
>>>  I'd never buy a laptop without a SSD.  I just finished a purchase
>>>  about a year ago of Lenovo T500 series laptops for myself and both of
>>>  my parents.  I ended up replacing the hdd in the laptop with a SSD
>>>  because I really wasn't happy with the performance without the SSD.
>>>  They ended up replacing theirs too, for each of their laptops.
>>>
>>>  Why I bought this 1 was the fact that while it was heavier/larger, it
>>>  had a full size keyboard with numeric keypad and was designed to run all
>>  day.
>>>  Most companies sell both a consumer and corporate series.  The
>>>  corporate devices are designed to last longer and be used more
>>>  frequently.
>>>
>>>  The consumer devices tend to have better video cards and the corporate
>>>  devices tend to be more upgrade-able.
>>>
>>>  Our IT shop buys Lenovo for similar reasons.  I did not buy my ram or
>>>  SSD from Lenovo but bought these afterwards and added them to the
>>>  device manually to save tons on the cost.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lanie Molinar via
>>>  nfbcs
>>>  Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:01 PM
>>>  To: undisclosed-recipients:
>>>  Cc: Lanie Molinar <laniemolinar91 at gmail.com>
>>>  Subject: [nfbcs] Choosing a Laptop
>>>
>>>  Hi, everyone. This is Lanie Molinar. I'm sending this to a lot of
>>>  lists at once. Some are tech-related, some are related to software
>>>  development, and some are for students. I might have to get a new
>>>  laptop soon and have a few questions. First, let me give you a little
>>>  background info to help you understand what I'm looking for. I'm a
>>>  college student getting a degree in Software Engineering, so I'll be
>>>  working with code and developing things. I also have several
>>>  disabilities and health issues in addition to my blindness, so I can't
>>>  do much physically and spend a lot of my day on the computer doing
>>>  schoolwork, taking surveys for extra money, gaming, and doing lots of
>>>  other stuff. I'm fairly sure that I want a computer with Windows 10,
>>>  not a Mac, although I'm willing to look into a Mac if that seems
>>>  better. I would also be happy with something running Linux. I
>>>  definitely want something new, not used, with plenty of RAM. There are
>>>  so many options that I'm just not sure what to look for or where to
>>>  get it. Again, I also need something that can handle being used all
>>>  day, gaming, and developing software. My family is low-income, so I
>>>  need to get it from somewhere that offers good payment plans. Can
>>>  anyone give me some advice on how to choose a laptop, good places to
>>>  buy one from, and what I should get? For those on software development-
>>  related lists, I'm interested in what would be best for a developer. I
>>  would
>>  really appreciate any help. Thanks.
>>>
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