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Hello guys. I need to decide which one to buy between the 2. My needs are very basic. I need to install:1. SAS2. Oracle client 3. Visual Studio (VB.Net)4. SQL client software to interact with the server.5. Another softwareBear in mind that MS Office applications will also be installed. I thought of a laptop, for its mobility and compactness, but seeing that those apps are quite resource intensive, I was wondering if the laptop would still handle all that without compromising processing speed. Pl |
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@spartan2 | 5 May 14 |
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A good one wouldn't have any problems but it goes without saying even a small form factor desktop PC would be quite a bit faster for the same or less money and easier to customise to your specific needs and expand as you go along. You have to decide really how critical a factor mobility actually is to you. One small example is what if you eventually want multiple disks, or you buy a laptop without an SSD only to find you needed the greater disk performance. You'll be outlaying even more to work around it. |
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@vaidos | 5 May 14 |
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Thanks for the reply. I also need to install Linux and Windows on the same system. The laptop would be great for studying my ebooks and pdfs while relaxed. I only fear the fact that as you install more and more stuff into it, it might get slow. That's been my experience with laptops.
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@spartan2 | 5 May 14 |
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You will want an SSD really. Just because it's disk performance will not exhibit the sort of slowdown you worry about, well not what you might notice. However big ones are still not too cheap. This is the idea of potentially having a conventional mechanical HDD and an SSD.
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@meghertz | 10 May 14 |
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if your laptop has an optical drive, you can buy a special adapter that slots into where the optical drive lives (after you remove it), this adapter will hold a 2.5 inch hard disk so by sacrificing cd/dvd functionality you could be running a speedy SSD to boot from and a high capacity hard disk for storage. CD and DVDs are pretty much useless these days to the point where I've removed mine from my desktop pc. Just be sure your bios supports booting from USB so you can reinstall windows from USB
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@usbcable | 11 May 14 |
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or get a raspberry pi for under 30 quid. install a Linux OS on a fast SD card and overclock the pi so it runs quick
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