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Hello all!
So, I am starting the process of figuring out the do's and dont's of finding a professional laptop for work. Largely because the "office" moves around alot for what I do so I have a desktop at home, and a laptop is ideal for work. I have experience building desktop gaming rigs, but laptops are a bit out of my element. But, for the record I'm not afraid to build my own or make modifications to machines after purchasing them (if that is even a thing with laptops).
So! I am a scientist that works heavily in chemometrics (lots of computations running on multiple cores and an unending need for speed). I'm looking for a small, lightweight, data safe, and computationally powerful laptop.
Essentially, I'm looking for a laptop that would be capable of running at speeds at or over 3.8 Ghz with as many cores as possible. The processor is probably the largest sticking point since faster is always better for us, and more cores allows us to run more calculations at once before slowing down. RAM isn't a big deal, as we never utilize more than 2 GB of it at max load on desktops. However, we do use MATLAB graphics from time to time and Google Earth so a good (not high end) graphics card is useful just so those don't run at a snails pace. While I'd like it to be smaller than 17", I understand that sometimes that simply isn't possible.
For the sake of preliminary research on laptops, cost isn't a big deal since by the time I actually end up buying anything the costs of current stuff should be a little lower. I'm happy to hear what the biggest meanest laptop is to the most budget conscious laptop build aimed specifically at my requirements. Mostly I'm trying to get a feel for what is out there and who to look at and who to avoid (in terms of brand, part manufacturer, etc) just by hearing suggestions
Thanks ahead of time!
So, I am starting the process of figuring out the do's and dont's of finding a professional laptop for work. Largely because the "office" moves around alot for what I do so I have a desktop at home, and a laptop is ideal for work. I have experience building desktop gaming rigs, but laptops are a bit out of my element. But, for the record I'm not afraid to build my own or make modifications to machines after purchasing them (if that is even a thing with laptops).
So! I am a scientist that works heavily in chemometrics (lots of computations running on multiple cores and an unending need for speed). I'm looking for a small, lightweight, data safe, and computationally powerful laptop.
Essentially, I'm looking for a laptop that would be capable of running at speeds at or over 3.8 Ghz with as many cores as possible. The processor is probably the largest sticking point since faster is always better for us, and more cores allows us to run more calculations at once before slowing down. RAM isn't a big deal, as we never utilize more than 2 GB of it at max load on desktops. However, we do use MATLAB graphics from time to time and Google Earth so a good (not high end) graphics card is useful just so those don't run at a snails pace. While I'd like it to be smaller than 17", I understand that sometimes that simply isn't possible.
For the sake of preliminary research on laptops, cost isn't a big deal since by the time I actually end up buying anything the costs of current stuff should be a little lower. I'm happy to hear what the biggest meanest laptop is to the most budget conscious laptop build aimed specifically at my requirements. Mostly I'm trying to get a feel for what is out there and who to look at and who to avoid (in terms of brand, part manufacturer, etc) just by hearing suggestions
Thanks ahead of time!
/www.originpc.com/gaming/laptops/eon17-x/
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