Good afternoon
An i7 CPU is very powerful and will have more than enough capability but
it depends on the exact tasks. I carry out all my mapping with Pentium G
CPUs in my computers (i1 equivalent) with Debian as the OS.
I would think the amount of RAM you have is probably of more
significance than different models of i7. You can also choose a distro
or desktop environment that is resource efficient, currently I prefer
XFCE compared to some of the other resource hungry environments.
You could also consider an SSD as being faster than a regular HDD if
disk swapping may occur.
If your laptop gets too hot it may not be designed for intensive work
and this is probably a factor of the laptop itself not the workload. It
is simply very difficult to fit a cooling solution within most laptop
chassis and a more powerful CPU will need more cooling. A less powerful
CPU may take longer but have less heat output working at full power for
long periods.
On 19/07/18 21:32, Steven Drake wrote:
Hello,
I'm thinking of buying a laptop and wondering about the minimum and
recommended specs for a laptop to run QGIS 3.x? The plan is to use
Ubuntu as the OS and the laptop for writing scripts, working on
Process Models, etc... with occasional full blown tests using 'large'
(+500,000 polygon) shapefiles. My desktop is more than sufficient for
this but I'm looking for something to use when travelling.
I used to have a somewhat decent laptop but it is older and gets crazy
hot... and does not do well with larger shapefiles. The old laptop
case actually deformed slightly in the hot areas which screams to me
"fire hazard!" and therefore is no longer used.I'd like to avoid those
issues with the new laptop.
The laptops on the market seem to be mainly 7th generation Intel
processors with a wide variation in performance. Just to keep this
simple, let's consider i7 types. There are designations ending with a
"U" which use less power, create less heat and used in lower
performing computers. Then there are the "H" and "HQ" processors in
higher end computers which sound more capable and use more power.
I'm guessing a "U" processor will be overtaxed by the scenario in the
first paragraph. So *if* it does not crash it will run to the design
limit and heat up. If using the "H" or "HQ" processors it will likely
not crash, produce lots of heat but maybe not too much since it is
designed for such intensive applications?
Am I understanding the situation correctly? What else might play a
significant role in the heat issue? What about laptops with built in
cooling systems beyond the normal fans and heat sinks? And most
importantly... how to pick a computer / processor / other items
capable of running QGIS with large datasets? How to find a reasonable
middle between performance and heat? ...and of course not cost too
much? Gaming computers????
Thank you,
--S
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