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I'd bet most laptops/PCs sold in the last 4 years have included at least 2-4 GB of RAM, 60-100 GB of HDD, and a relatively fast processor. Aside from gaming, mo

I'd bet most laptops/PCs sold in the last 4 years have included at least 2-4 GB of RAM, 60-100 GB of HDD, and a relatively fast processor. Aside from gaming, most internet browsing can be achieved with devices that came out in 2009. If I had to guess, most consumers can get by with their smartphones for 80% of the things they need to do. For the other 20%, they can probably use their aged or shared laptop.

at-fates-hands 13y ago
>>>>If I had to guess, most consumers can get by with their smartphones for 80% of the things they need to do. For the other 20%, they can probably use their aged or shared laptop. Except for web development. I can't imagine sitting at a laptop writing code compared to dual 24" monitors. I can agree about your spec on PC's. I'm still running a 1.7 processor with 4GB of RAM. I just upgraded to WIN8 and have been surprised with its performance. With 7, no way I could have PS and Dreamweaver open at the same time. Now, I can run both with no issues, and the only thing I changed was upgrading to WIN8. I'm also about to build a PC from scratch and have found the prices for fairly high end parts is coming down drastically. You can get a totally loaded system (Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 2GB Video card) for well under $800.
- pogden 13y ago
  Yes, but you can plug monitors, a keyboard and mouse into a laptop just as well.
  - sfall 13y ago
    i buy the fancy laptop that has a dock that can support two external displays plus the laptop screen
    - cocoflunchy 13y ago
      A MacBook Pro? edit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#dispnum http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#dispnum
    - australosaurus 13y ago
      How about HP Elitebook 8470p or HP Eliteobok 8570p? " Two displays: 2560p, 2760p, 8460p, 8560p. Three displays using integrated Intel graphics: 2170p, 2570p, 8470p, 8570p. Five displays using AMD Eyefinity Technology: 8460p, 8470p, 8560p, 8570p. " That's without a dock. All do have docking stations available. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=5212907&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c02948215 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.js...
- GuiA 13y ago
  The overwhelming majority of consumers don't do web development. And yeah yeah, I need my dual 27" as well, but for an entire a year I wrote code+LaTeX for my entire undergrad thesis on a 11" netbook (was too poor to afford anything else). When you really need to get work done, it does the job– the rest is luxury.

at-fates-hands 13y ago

>>>>If I had to guess, most consumers can get by with their smartphones for 80% of the things they need to do. For the other 20%, they can probably use their aged or shared laptop. Except for web development. I can't imagine sitting at a laptop writing code compared to dual 24" monitors. I can agree about your spec on PC's. I'm still running a 1.7 processor with 4GB of RAM. I just upgraded to WIN8 and have been surprised with its performance. With 7, no way I could have PS and Dreamweaver open at the same time. Now, I can run both with no issues, and the only thing I changed was upgrading to WIN8. I'm also about to build a PC from scratch and have found the prices for fairly high end parts is coming down drastically. You can get a totally loaded system (Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 2GB Video card) for well under $800.

pogden 13y ago
Yes, but you can plug monitors, a keyboard and mouse into a laptop just as well.
- sfall 13y ago
  i buy the fancy laptop that has a dock that can support two external displays plus the laptop screen
  - cocoflunchy 13y ago
    A MacBook Pro? edit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#dispnum http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219#dispnum
  - australosaurus 13y ago
    How about HP Elitebook 8470p or HP Eliteobok 8570p? " Two displays: 2560p, 2760p, 8460p, 8560p. Three displays using integrated Intel graphics: 2170p, 2570p, 8470p, 8570p. Five displays using AMD Eyefinity Technology: 8460p, 8470p, 8560p, 8570p. " That's without a dock. All do have docking stations available. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=5212907&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c02948215 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.js...
GuiA 13y ago
The overwhelming majority of consumers don't do web development. And yeah yeah, I need my dual 27" as well, but for an entire a year I wrote code+LaTeX for my entire undergrad thesis on a 11" netbook (was too poor to afford anything else). When you really need to get work done, it does the job– the rest is luxury.