Thanks everyone for putting thought into this. I think I have some
leads now.
You're the best!
Owain
On 27/01/2021 19:45, Marc Loftus wrote:
> Yeah the killer is the ram and processor then.
>
> Look at atleast 8GB Ram and i5 processor. My sister recently upgraded
> from a similar level as your son and on a budget. The i5 to her feels
> like its on steroids now and she lives it.
>
> If you have a budget of around £600 you should be able to do ok and
> should be able to get something with an SSD which also helps
> massively. CurrysPC World and John Lewis have filters for searches to
> help you choose from a few rather than dozens
>
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, 10:05 Owain, <simbobo@???
> <mailto:simbobo@cooptel.net>> wrote:
>
> Thanks both for giving me some ideas to work with - I'll see what
> J-Lo do.
>
> He currently has a Lenovo ideapad 510, which has a i3 processor
> (2.3GHz) and 4G ram. Having spoken to him more the problem seems
> to be not just with matlab, though the way he's using that is
> memory intensive, as it reports using 70ish % of memory even just
> with Firefox (2 tabs open) and the task manager running. I know
> it would run much faster with Linux but that's not an option at
> present. The Surface Pro looks nice but a little pricey, so if
> anyone has a suggestion of something a bit cheaper I would be
> grateful.
>
>
> Owain
>
> On 26/01/2021 17:26, Marc Loftus via Hampshire wrote:
>> I use a Microsoft Surface Pro 7. I got the i7 processor and 16G
>> of ram. I use it to run some memory intensive programs and run
>> virtual box with several vagrant VMs running Ansible with a 3tier
>> application stack.
>>
>> What has he currently got and where are the bottle neck? Is
>> Matlab memory/processor/IO intensive?
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 16:22 Roger Munford via Hampshire,
>> <hampshire@???
>> <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> It may sound a bit old fashioned but you could try John
>> Lewis. At least
>> in the recent past they did train their sales staff.
>>
>> They may not thank me for suggesting this but we have had
>> excellent
>> service from Rocket Repairs in Southampton. I would recommend
>> them
>> highly for their repair service but they might be happy to
>> advise based
>> on their experience.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/01/2021 14:53, Owain via Hampshire wrote:
>> > Afternoon.
>> >
>> > I wonder if anyone could give me some advice? My son is in
>> the last
>> > leg of his chemistry degree and finding that his laptop is
>> not up to
>> > the statistically heavy Matlab calculations he has to do,
>> so he wants
>> > a higher spec laptop. In the past I have used PC World and
>> the like
>> > with both of my sons and been amazed with the disappointing
>> performance.
>> >
>> > So where is a good place to go to have knowledgeable but
>> > non-patronising service? He wants a Windows machine, but I
>> am hoping
>> > to inherit the old one myself, and install a grown-up
>> operating system
>> > on it.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any tips
>> >
>> > Owain
>> >
>> > https://tantmusic.com
>> >
>> >
>>
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