moderated Re: New computer specs
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Tyler Wood
Hi,
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The GPU does not free up the processor whatsoever and, in fact, is a completely different animal than a processor. The GPU in your machine may not, in fact, be used if you are getting 15 hours of batterylife. There is something called Optymous technology from Nvidia that when used, allows the independent graphics card to power off while the dedicated Intel HD graphics does its thing, and that sounds exactly what is going on in your use case. Few people seem to realize that shift f10 performs the exact same action as applications key - and barring that, you can use sharp keys to remap a key to the right of the space bar to that if you so choose. Regarding the comment about an SSD not lasting long - I have a Toshiba laptop here from 2012 that still has 85% of its life remaining. In that time I have had 5 mechanical drives fail, without warning, and only 2 of which made any actual noise to tell me so. These days if a laptop or computer in general does not shut down, you will get a message popping up on screen from your screen reader if you have it set to run at log on, telling you the following programs are still running in the background and giving you the option to shut down anyway or cancel. The benefits of a solid state drive to batterylife and speed are so beyond amazing compared with a spinning mechanical drive. Expect the machine to boot in less than 30 seconds regardless what programs run at startup - add another 15 or 20, maybe, to get said programs running. You can start using the machine as soon as the screen reader is running, no more waiting to get to the desktop to check a simple email or modify one line in a word document. Resuming from sleep happens in less than 1.5 seconds these days. Far more pluses than drawbacks, in my view. Just my $.02!
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Zel Iscel Sent: August 25, 2019 8:12 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: New computer specs Hi all, Until recently, I always bought computers with i5 processors but I find they often lag and Outlook seems to open and close itself regularly, which is very annoying! I usually have several docs and several apps open at the same time so a couple of weeks ago I bought a laptop with an I7 processor and 16 gb ram. It seems to be working well with minimal lags. I was considering Dell Latitude and the Lenovo models but they didn't have all the keys on the keyboard. None of the Lenovo models had an apps key and I can't remember which key Dell didn't have. In the end I settled for The ruggedised HP ProBook 640 G4 with 16GB RAM and upgraded warranty. It has an I7 processor, 16 gb ram, 512 gb SSD storage, 15 hours battery life, NVDIA graphics card, and all the keys (except a numpad which I don't need anyway). It's a little heavier than I was hoping for at 1.8 kg but I'm willing to sacrifice the weight for a long battery life and an independent graphics card. NVDIA and AMD are apparently the only two independent graphics cards that work well with Jaws. I specifically wanted an independent graphics card in order to free up the processor so I can do the things I need to do with minimal lags. I use Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook (Including calendar), and whatever else I need to work with and can access. I also test websites and some accessibility ttools, though I haven't found any that I like yet. I feel like I'm writing for a job application. Lol! But I hope this helps you, Andrew, in your decision for a new laptop. Good luck. Zel -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2019 2:25 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: New computer specs That was going to be my comment as well, if all you do is run Windows 10 and maybe Office and you mostly store documents and not thousands and thousands of pictures or, even worse, videos there is probably no need for anything larger. Having said this when it comes to price and what you get for it a 500Gb or, as some manufacturers specify, a 512Gb SSD seems to be in the sweet spot right now. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Glenn / Lenny Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:41 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: New computer specs The suggestion about a 500 GB SSD is totally subjective. I've seen folks who never use more than 80 to 10 GB of their HD. Too often people think bigger is better and that is not always the case. Also, when you look at all the high specs, what are you doing with it all? I mean, I'll bet 90% of us here don't do any more than read eMail, open some web pages, open a spread sheet program once in a while, and listen to some MP3 audio. All this can be done with 10 year old technology just fine. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & his pack of dogs " <myguidedogis@gmail.com> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 11:35 PM Subject: Re: New computer specs A tech told me anything over 8 Gigs of ram is too much. I think he wasup. Thus, I agree with Feliciano.
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