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From: ogden on 29 Jul 2010 19:08 ginge wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:21 +0100, Salad Dodger > <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: > > >What's the processor of choice nowadays? 486/50 or 66? > > > i3 530 (cheap) or i5 750 (more spensiv, but betterer) This i7 920 still seems to be running well 18 months on. > 4 GB RAM (enough for anything desktoppy) 12 GB here, and could use more. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke 2
From: ginge on 29 Jul 2010 19:31 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:08:48 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >ginge wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:21 +0100, Salad Dodger >> <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: >> >> >What's the processor of choice nowadays? 486/50 or 66? >> >> >> i3 530 (cheap) or i5 750 (more spensiv, but betterer) > >This i7 920 still seems to be running well 18 months on. Overkill for Dodger. >> 4 GB RAM (enough for anything desktoppy) > >12 GB here, and could use more. I'd hazard a guess that's because you're running multiple VMs, rather than mostly doing desktoppy type stuff.
From: ogden on 30 Jul 2010 04:21 ginge wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:08:48 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > > >ginge wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:21 +0100, Salad Dodger > >> <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >> > >> >What's the processor of choice nowadays? 486/50 or 66? > >> > >> > >> i3 530 (cheap) or i5 750 (more spensiv, but betterer) > > > >This i7 920 still seems to be running well 18 months on. > > Overkill for Dodger. Overkill for anyone. > >> 4 GB RAM (enough for anything desktoppy) > > > >12 GB here, and could use more. > > I'd hazard a guess that's because you're running multiple VMs, rather > than mostly doing desktoppy type stuff. Well, occasionally it's been known to run two domain controllers, two mailbox servers, two CAS/HT servers, two DPM servers and a couple of clients. And a router. And my usual Linux VM. But other than that, it's just desktoppy type stuff. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke 2
From: Brownz on 30 Jul 2010 07:11 On 29 July, 21:33, "eatmorepies" <jckip...(a)lineone.net> wrote: > "ginge" <the.gingeREM...(a)THISgmail.com> wrote in message > > news:kqm356t06pffgvrhvbtjgdm5tm9pdjpqnh(a)4ax.com... > > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:21 +0100, Salad Dodger > > <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > > >>What's the processor of choice nowadays? 486/50 or 66? > > > i3 530 (cheap) or i5 750 (more spensiv, but betterer) > > > 4 GB RAM (enough for anything desktoppy) > > I've got 4 GB RAM in an XP machine and if I try to alter large areas of a > picture with 'content aware healing brush' Adobe CS5 tells me that it's run > out of RAM. I'm looking at a new machine - unless someone can show me how to > get XP to see more RAM. > Better off with a dedicated Quadro or FirePro vga card for CS5, summat with a large amount of frame buffer memory makes life a lot more pleasant. <Pats box with Quadro 6000 that is currently sat on the desk doing nowt.... 6GB of FBM and 448Cuda Cores, I really must plug it into something and fire up seti>
From: Hog on 30 Jul 2010 10:08
Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:48:03 +0100, "Hog" > <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> frag <news4(a)ukrm.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>> This laptop is a Core i7, 4GB of RAM, ATI HD 4830 GFX. It does go >>> like the clappers but gets rather toasty. >>> >>> If using it on your lap for more than half an hour (doing intensive >>> tasks) you really need something inbetween you and it! >> >> i7 laptop! not quite Eee battery life then > > Mine is pretty good[1]. At max performance I get 3 hours from the > battery. > > Despite the 8Gb ram and the i7, it still feels slower on Win 7 than my > Core 2 Duo 2.4 Macbook Pro. > > > > [1] Thinkpad T510 I grump if I get less than 7 hours -- Hog |