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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostSmall potatoes for real contractors.
So pretty.
Looks a bit ZX81 ish too.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostActually, it's occurred to me that there'll be some good deals on the 'older' MBPs out there, so I'm off to get a bargain.
I can put off the Mac/PC debate for another 6 years...Comment
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostThis would be a better laptop for me.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-ROG-G7.../dp/B01AQ8G4SW
64gb RAM and a good GPU for CUDA work.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View PostThat's what I was wondering about too
If I was going to sell it, I'd also sell my Dell desktop (that's pushing 10 years old) and buy an iMac.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by SlipTheJab View PostYou ain't getting 64gb ram in any laptop mate, and that laptop will run mine craft just fine so buy now!
I believe Apple's argument is that their ssd hard disk is so fast you won't notice the swap. Given that this laptop has just about as fast an NVME pci card as you can get I don't think its a valid argument - there are times when you just need a lot of memory.
So I actually now have no regrets moving away from a mac. Yep the laptop is a bit bigger than the macbook pro (I suppose I could have got the precision 5510 rather than the 7510) but its still a better fit for my needs.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostUm mine has a mere 48gb because I couldn't be justify the £107 it would have cost to upgrade to 64gb from 48gb (The upgrade from 16-48gb was £107 I would have had to chuck the original 16gb to get to 64gb).
I believe Apple's argument is that their ssd hard disk is so fast you won't notice the swap. Given that this laptop has just about as fast an NVME pci card as you can get I don't think its a valid argument - there are times when you just need a lot of memory.
So I actually now have no regrets moving away from a mac. Yep the laptop is a bit bigger than the macbook pro (I suppose I could have got the precision 5510 rather than the 7510) but its still a better fit for my needs.
Mine has SSD and 32GB and runs like a dream even though its 3 years old.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View Post+1
Time to start looking more closely at the Microsoft Surface I'm afraid...
One of the departments that I know bought a batch of the 11" MacBooks as a test machine they had to reject it in the end over concerns around TPM chips. But the demo machines have lasted the full year in one piece while the first surface came home in a box of bits inside two weeks...
We keep having this eternal rant around "Don't like Apple..." but the facts stand that they are cheaper to buy and own over any other vendor...
Even IBM were surprised by that.Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostOnly if you want to buy three of them to every one MacBook...
One of the departments that I know bought a batch of the 11" MacBooks as a test machine they had to reject it in the end over concerns around TPM chips. But the demo machines have lasted the full year in one piece while the first surface came home in a box of bits inside two weeks...
We keep having this eternal rant around "Don't like Apple..." but the facts stand that they are cheaper to buy and own over any other vendor...
Even IBM were surprised by that.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostA lot of manufacturers seem to be thinking that way, I prefer to have the extra RAM, also.
Mine has SSD and 32GB and runs like a dream even though its 3 years old.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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