From: Tom C
From: steve harley <[email protected]>
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on 2012-09-16 10:59 Tom C wrote
I'm finding that to get the configuration I want and not spend close
to $5000, I'll need to settle for the basics of a processor, lots of
RAM, and an IPS display, and upgrade the hard drives to SSD later. One
can get the SSD's for about half of what many computer builders are
charging for them pre-installed.
i'd consider using a smaller laptop with an external display; the marketing
equation on 17" laptops seems to be that buyers of such are a good profit
center; with a 15" or smaller, you'd have more portability, and cash to buy a
good 24" external
That would be a way to go. Much of my work would be done w/o access to
the external monitor, since I'm not always home.
With my aging eyes the larger screen is of importance. With my aging
back the lighter weight smaller screen is important.:)
The 17" IPS matte RGB backlit 'full' gamut display adds about $350
which is basically negligible. The configuration I'd settle for costs
slightly over $3000 which I still consider high, but possibly
justifiable. I could probably get it lower if I went with the cheapest
single HDD which I'd upgrade from, and the lowest memory config which
I'd upgrade from.
They've got me pegged wrong. Just because I'd spring for a 17" screen,
doesn't mean I'll pay through the nose for other things. :)
Thanks.
Tom C.
Take a real close look at the cost of the memory to get it all when you
buy the laptop vs. how much the upgrade is *really* going to cost. My
experience is that memory upgrades for laptops costs a lot more than
getting all of it installed initially. It may be cheaper to go ahead and
get all the memory the laptop will accommodate up front.
One "gotcha" is the configuration of the installed memory. My current
(2007)laptop came with 2Gig of RAM "upgradable" to 4Gig.
BUT, you couldn't just buy another 2Gig of ram for the memory "upgrade"
because the existing memory was installed as 2x1Gig modules taking up
both memory slots. In order to upgrade the memory to 4Gig, you had to
remove the existing memory and replace it with 2x2Gig modules;
completely replace all of the installed memory.
Other aggravations as well. Thirty-two bit Vista only "sees" a maximum
of 3.5Gig of RAM, and the computer assigns 0.5Gig of that for Video
memory. I have yet to figure out how to tell the computer to do otherwise.
I'm going to have to purchase a 64 bit version of Windows 7 if I ever
want to get access to the full memory on the laptop. I could probably
still find a 64 bit version of Vista if I were really motivated.
I'm not.
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