As suggested earlyier use the standard headset provided by the company with a earbud under it. The guy will hear the customer and jaws and the customer will only hear the guy not jaws. You will need a

My 4th gen I7 4790K running at 4.0GHz is just as fast as my 8th gen I5 running at the same speed. Both have 16GB RAM and SSD's. You cant tell whitch is whitch unless you check the system info.

Benchmarks tell an 8th of the story. In every day performance, it means nothing. Slow to one person may not be slow to another and that $500 extra spent on the i9 processor wouldn't be noticeable to

No.  i9 is just higher than i7, the generation number is still the same, with all the newest ones starting out with 9's. I wonder if an i9 in a laptop could even outrun an i5 in a desktop of the

Microsoft will eventually have to write its OS to work on ARM processors. That is the processors that our phones and tablets use. ARM processors don't come close to the capability of some of the

Eh, not really. This laptop runs 8 GB and its only problem is the processor's 4+ years old. If you're not slapping VMware on the thing you'll do fine in most cases. Just slap another stick of memory

Speaking of windows fast startup, I have had nothing but problems with it on everything I've tried. From missing system tray icons to issues with speech, I can't recommend running away from it fast

Nah, i3's are terrible. There's a reason they're in the entry level PC's. If you just need a $400 laptop so mom can check Facebook, it works. If you want to actually use it, though, probably go

16 GB of ram is the new 8 these days and is well worth the bump in price and will be in the long term, too. An internet browser that used to take up a few hundred MB can now take upwards of 2, 3, and

You're not wrong, but that has its own stability issues. And if you don't have money to burn, that's not going to be an option--I haven't found a machine sporting that kind of setup for less than

Hi, No, there is an i9 processor out now. The current 9th generation lineup for laptops as I understand it. There are i3 (4 cores, 4 threads) i5 (4 cores, 8 threads) i7 (depending on the variant of

Okay. So not an issue with your computer. Interesting. Without knowing more about your setup I think I'd just be guessing at this point. But it's fairly safe to say nothing you're actually doing is

I'd be inclined to agree, but then, I do most of my computer usage with a headset these days, and have a dedicated speaker system that used to be attached to a desktop for when I'm at home, so I

There is also Intel optane memory, which I have no experience with, but is supposed to bring ssd-like performance to mechanical drives over time by writing important files, such as boot files and

So far it happens on two machines, the lap top and the desktop. I don't know how to shield it. Would a toroid help?

Incorrect. It's actually an I9 processor. I don't know why they're calling it 9th generation, but yeah there's new hardware in there. I haven't looked into it in detail because being real, I can't

Performance is a relative term. What sort of performance is being sought? It's important to know where one is looking for improvements over their current system. Whenever someone has asked me advice

It is in desktop class. Notebooks simply don't have the cooling capabilities to take advantage of the turbo boost when all cores are in use - and single core performance from i7 to i9, while

OK, It is a 9th gen processor. But it will still have a I3, I5 or I7 CPU. It is very important you know which one you are getting as  a I3 is a terrible CPU for cheap PC's. and a I7 is more expensive

Could be interference? I'd say try with another machine if you have one, in case the audio input and power connectors are two close, or some other shielding issue.