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Or we could just write better applications such that I don't need a 64gb RAM laptop in the future to browse the web and play an FPS
by anoncoward111 8y ago
Or we could just write better applications such that I don't need a 64gb RAM laptop in the future to browse the web and play an FPS
- RayDonnelly 8y agoIt's not aimed at people browsing the web and playing FSPses though, is it?
- anoncoward111 8y agoGive it time, my 2008 lenovo was originally marketed as a "photoshop-workstation". Now it chugs to even boot any Windows operating system that takes updates.
- gaspoweredcat 8y agogive it a break, it is a decade old! my x1 carbon is 5 years old and while it handles the majority of day to day tasks its starting to feel its age now, hopefully the x1 extreme will carry me through another 5 years
- garyfirestorm 8y agoI would recommend cleaning the contact points on the CPU and heat sink. The thermal compound disintegrates over time, the fan and any intake/exhaust ports should be cleared. My 2011 XPS 17 was struggling to boot and running full fan on idle, after I took it apart and cleaned it, it improved significantly. Edit: struggling to run efficiently and satisfactorily fast.
- lmilcin 8y agoI use my laptop to spawn virtual machines for various things: potentially unsafe or otheewise sensitive applications, complete development environments for the projects I am working on for a long time and I don't want to be disturbed by unrelated changes, for testing environments, evaluation, learning. I could have a workstation but doing this on my laptop saves me the hassle of having multiple environments and makes it portable.