[DUG] Power laptops

[Jeremy Coulter]

considering John Bird has about 150 Chrome tabs open at any one time, he
needs 64GB! :-)

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 8:51 AM David O'Brien <Dave at iccs.co.nz> wrote:

> 😊
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> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz <
> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz> *On Behalf Of *Alister Christie
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 15 December 2020 1:46 pm
> *To:* Sean Cross <Sean.Cross at catalystrisk.co.nz>
> *Cc:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <
> delphi at listserver.123.net.nz>
> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Power laptops
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>   64GB RAM, 640k... I mean 64GB should be enough for anyone...
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> Alister Christie
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> Computers for People
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> Ph: 04 471 1849
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> www.salespartner.co.nz
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> PO Box 13085
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> Johnsonville
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> Wellington
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> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 10:27 AM Sean Cross <Sean.Cross at catalystrisk.co.nz>
> wrote:
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> Dell XPS 17. Small for a 17” laptop and easily user upgradable to several
> TB of SSD (2 slots) and 64GB RAM.
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> Regards
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> *Sean**________________________________*
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> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz <
> delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz> *On Behalf Of *Paul A. Norman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 December 2020 10:23 am
> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <
> delphi at listserver.123.net.nz>; Alister Christie <
> alister at salespartner.co.nz>
> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Power laptops
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> We're also looking around at the moment ...
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> Gaming machines yes, gone that way before and never played a game on it
> (!) — for something really robust (advanced video editing etc as well) have
> a look at at the:
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> ASUS ROG Strix SCAR GL532 15.6" Full-HD IPS 240Hz 3ms 8xCorei7-10875H 64GB
> 1T/NVMe RTX2070/8G MetalTop TypeC PreKeyRGB WIFI6 Keystone 2YrWrty
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> Within NZ, so far JustLaptios are looking well positioned, sucessfully had
> stuff from them in the past, had unpleasant support issues at another large
> computer retailer here in Auckland (- any one with other information
> please?).
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> https://www.justlaptops.co.nz/asus-rog-strix-scar-gl532-15-6-full-hd-ips-240hz-3ms-8xcorei7-10875h-64gb-1t-nvme-rtx2070-8g-metaltop-typec-prekeyrgb-wifi6-keystone-2yrwrty-rrp-3779-13460?search=RTX2070&description=1&sort=pd.name&order=ASC&limit=100
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> The RTX 2070 has a good crop of cuda-cores for graphics/video rendering.
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> You'd probably want to upgrade the Windows 10 Home 64-bit to Professional.
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> Yes as you say "gaming machines" are extendable – "you can add either
> 1/2TB PCIE NVME SSD to the slot 2 and 3 at a cost of:
> $215 for 1TB
> $435 for 2TB"
>
> If you can put up with a non sRGB primary laptop screen (only 66% of the
> gamut) for non-graphics work only, the advanced Ryzen in various releases
> (series 5 and up) is available here in NZ as well, in often quite robustly
> speced and rugged gaming machines, often at a more reasonible cost.
> --
> https://PaulANorman.info
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> On December 8, 2020 9:26:04 AM GMT+13:00, Alister Christie <
> alister at salespartner.co.nz> wrote:
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> If you are wanting something with lots of grunt then AMD is currently king
> - Ryzen 7 4800H (or HS) for the highest performance or 4800u for mobility.
> I've been looking for something with a 4800U with 16GB Ram for a while,
> with no luck.
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> https://www.ultrabookreview.com/36030-amd-ryzen-7-4800u-laptops/
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> I've been thinking about a Zenbook 14, but they only seem to be available
> with 4700u CPUs (no hyperthreading, although still 8 cores).  Some of the
> 10th/11th "U" Gen i7's have better single-core performance than the 4800U.
> If you are after a beast then a gaming laptop with an R9 4900H might be
> your best bet.  Gaming laptops are often quite upgradable in terms of
> memory and SSD/NVMe, but usually are quite heavy, with big power bricks.
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> Something that charges over USB would also be nice, so you can use one of
> the new tiny GaN chargers.
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> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> Alister Christie
>
> Computers for People
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> Ph: 04 471 1849
>
> www.salespartner.co.nz
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> PO Box 13085
>
> Johnsonville
>
> Wellington
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> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 1:38 PM John Bird <johnkbird at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Another topic I would love feedback on – I have had sterling service from
> my reliable HP Envy laptop – it is still power specs even today  (I7 CPU,
> 16GB RAM, originally 2TB HDD – now SSD, 17” 1920x1080)
>
> but it is 7 years old and no more RAM upgrade possible (only DDR3) , and
> looking around for a replacement.
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> So far best candidates I have seen are
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> HP ZBook 17 G6 or G7   (4 DDR4 slots up to 128GB and up to 2 M2 SSDs and
> 2 Sata SSDs)
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> Lenovo Thinkpad P53
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> Dell 7530 or 7730
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> I would like your opinions of favourite power laptop and what you
> particularly love about it.
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