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They are developers, I am the manager, so they do more SQL work than me. Some of the databases we work with are over 1TB, a lot of RAM is needed to run queries
by AdrianB1 5y ago
They are developers, I am the manager, so they do more SQL work than me. Some of the databases we work with are over 1TB, a lot of RAM is needed to run queries fast (in memory). I prefer a good desktop any day to a half-baked laptop that is thermal constrained.
- goatinaboat 5y agoI prefer a good desktop any day to a half-baked laptop that is thermal constrained. Agree with you there, while a 1T database is possible on a laptop I wouldn’t want to use it for real work!
- secondcoming 5y agoI was skeptical too but my laptop doesn't thermally throttle when running cinebench r23. I changed the thermal paste to Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme (I don't have the courage to use liquid metal yet). It's quicker than my admittedly old 4790k desktop to build our code