Pentium vs I3 while using a dock

[dovidgottesman]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

 

[jaslion]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

 

[dovidgottesman]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

 

[jaslion]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

If you want the most elegant solution to docking a laptop look for a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port or a usb-c port that is thunderbolt 3 enabled. That way you only need 1 cable to run the dock instead of the 4 that dock needs to operate.

A dock does not need any extra performance since it just multiplies the ports already on your system.

 

[dovidgottesman]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

If you want the most elegant solution to docking a laptop look for a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port or a usb-c port that is thunderbolt 3 enabled. That way you only need 1 cable to run the dock instead of the 4 that dock needs to operate.

A dock does not need any extra performance since it just multiplies the ports already on your system.

Thanks
Would you say that buying a Pentium in 2018 to run windows 10 is not a bad idea? (I know that this is not the original question, but your description is CPU authority)

 

[jaslion]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

If you want the most elegant solution to docking a laptop look for a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port or a usb-c port that is thunderbolt 3 enabled. That way you only need 1 cable to run the dock instead of the 4 that dock needs to operate.

A dock does not need any extra performance since it just multiplies the ports already on your system.

Thanks
Would you say that buying a Pentium in 2018 to run windows 10 is not a bad idea? (I know that this is not the original question, but your description is CPU authority)

What pentium? Can you list some laptops you are looking at?

 

[dovidgottesman]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

If you want the most elegant solution to docking a laptop look for a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port or a usb-c port that is thunderbolt 3 enabled. That way you only need 1 cable to run the dock instead of the 4 that dock needs to operate.

A dock does not need any extra performance since it just multiplies the ports already on your system.

Thanks
Would you say that buying a Pentium in 2018 to run windows 10 is not a bad idea? (I know that this is not the original question, but your description is CPU authority)

What pentium? Can you list some laptops you are looking at?

Here are two examples

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Notebook-Computer-Bluetooth/dp/B07HGQWMW7/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1538989415&sr=1-1&refinements=p_89%3ADell%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A1264420011

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Flahship-Pentium-MaxxAudio/dp/B07HGVF2J5/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1538989415&sr=1-5&refinements=p_89%3ADell%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A1264420011

Pentium N5000

None of these have USB type C though

 

[jaslion]

Hi,
I am trying to give advice to a friend about what laptop/PC to buy. For the CPU, I think he should go for an I3 or Pentium (I have never owned either, but I have read about them). But he also wants to use it with a USB 3.0 docking station, so my question is whether a Pentium is enough to run such a station.

What does your friend want to do with the laptop? What dock does he want to use? Docking stations don't require any performance to operate.

I assume his needs are internet browsing, document writing, and light to moderate spreadsheet operations.
lets say, for argument's sake, the dock would be a kensington sd3500v.
Why do you say that a dock doesn't require extra performance?

If you want the most elegant solution to docking a laptop look for a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port or a usb-c port that is thunderbolt 3 enabled. That way you only need 1 cable to run the dock instead of the 4 that dock needs to operate.

A dock does not need any extra performance since it just multiplies the ports already on your system.

Thanks
Would you say that buying a Pentium in 2018 to run windows 10 is not a bad idea? (I know that this is not the original question, but your description is CPU authority)

What pentium? Can you list some laptops you are looking at?

Here are two examples

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Notebook-Computer-Bluetooth/dp/B07HGQWMW7/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1538989415&sr=1-1&refinements=p_89%3ADell%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A1264420011

https/www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Flahship-Pentium-MaxxAudio/dp/B07HGVF2J5/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1538989415&sr=1-5&refinements=p_89%3ADell%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A1264420011

Pentium N5000

None of these have USB type C though

Both laptops are quite weak but the pentium one does have a 500gb ssd. However it seems really really iffy. A 512gb ssd would be about half the price of the laptop and I can't find info on a dell that has those specs so something tells me this laptop has been modified with some cheap slow 512gb emmc storage. To add on to that one person even got a laptop without a charger so these have definatly been modified.

Either way you won't be doing any docking with those laptops and if you are it's going to be quite a hassle to do so.
Also not even talking about the poor quality of these devices.

I would recommend a used business class laptop that will be cheaper, really high build quality, faster and have a docking port so you can get it's dock for super easy docking and undocking.