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out of the make hp or dell i would take dell
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angellonewolf
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ssd does make a differance when i installed one in mine boot up is near rightaway but does 50 seconds make that much of a diffrance
the actual using the laptop on the net /emails is no real faster
the actual using the laptop on the net /emails is no real faster
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1tb is a lot - do you need that much? I just deleted / moved a lot from my work laptop which has a 256gb m.2 ssd as its only storage and I have half left. I don't store images or videos though.
1 x 8gb ram is better than 2 x 4gb ram if you plan to upgrade (as you wont need to replace both), but its not that expensive now. maybe just spec 16gb. it doesn't sound like youll need it for what youre doing but....
thats quite a high spec laptop already. its got a decent graphics card and cpu (8th gen - were JUST on 9th)
id say the dell looks better but depends on price / value. both are probably quite over speced for what you need. you could possible drop down a price point or, depending on your current laptop, reisinstall windows 10 without all the crap you've accumulated over the years and be pretty happy for a year or two. installing a ssd in your old laptop can make a huge difference too.
it really depends on your budget as to what is best, but those machines look decent (better than my corporate machine by a long chalk) and easily capable of what you want.
id take the dell
lucky b*stard
1 x 8gb ram is better than 2 x 4gb ram if you plan to upgrade (as you wont need to replace both), but its not that expensive now. maybe just spec 16gb. it doesn't sound like youll need it for what youre doing but....
thats quite a high spec laptop already. its got a decent graphics card and cpu (8th gen - were JUST on 9th)
id say the dell looks better but depends on price / value. both are probably quite over speced for what you need. you could possible drop down a price point or, depending on your current laptop, reisinstall windows 10 without all the crap you've accumulated over the years and be pretty happy for a year or two. installing a ssd in your old laptop can make a huge difference too.
it really depends on your budget as to what is best, but those machines look decent (better than my corporate machine by a long chalk) and easily capable of what you want.
id take the dell
lucky b*stard
Those two were picked by my son ...so not sure they suit me.
But interestingly i have always steered clear of dell as they always do their own thing.....Yeah it does in the real world
but its also speed of programs and other things. When i added one to my desktops they increased performance as well.
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The company I used to work for had a huge array of makes/models of laptops. We used to have to dismantle them a bit to upgrade bits. The Lenovo machine I had was, by far and away the best (physically) put together of the lot. It was built like an aircraft. This sort of thing is as important to me as spec as I'm likely to keep a machine for as long as possible. Things may have changed since but for the same (but opposite) reason, I wouldn't buy a Dell.
I keep my stuff for as long as possible. But the lenovo machine i have posted a screen shot off seems to be only available from one place and its not clear if you can have the option of an SSD AND storage drive.
Yes i need storage. I hope to be editing video and i need to have a lot of videos from you tube for my grandson to watch when we are in a place with limited internet acess.
I have found more ram helps me open more browser windows and multitask. But yes i would like to spec 8gb in One stick...leav8ng me the option to fill the other slot.
You mean my current HP laptop??
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id say the dell looks better but depends on price / value. both are probably quite over speced for what you need. you could possible drop down a price point or, depending on your current laptop, reisinstall windows 10 without all the crap you've accumulated over the years and be pretty happy for a year or two. installing a ssd in your old laptop can make a huge difference too.
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Problem with adding an SSD to my old laptop means i loose the blueray drive.
I had not started using windows 10 its still got windows 7 home premium on it.
Not really i dont know which way to jump. Lol
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Yeah it does in the real world
surely unless the ssd is being accessed the speed will not change unless the ssd/harddrive is beening used as a cashe (sorry spent wrong but you know what i mean) when using web pages or emails from internet based email such as hotmail they donot use the ssd unless you store emails on your own pc and dont use there servers
Not sure about the technical details of how or but since i installed SSD drives i found the who experience more snappy and responsive. Programs seem to load quicker etc. Maybe its just me but it certainly feels like it.
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yes programs games any thing assessing the ssd any loading should be wayfaster but i dont think the net or sums etc
at least thats what i belive im sure someone will corect me if im wrong
at least thats what i belive im sure someone will corect me if im wrong
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sorry, I meant swapping your mechanical drive for an ssd. like taking an image of your whole system, then writing it to the new ssd. then simply swap so your old mechanical disc is just a backup. or some laptops have m.2 ssd (looks like a ram stick) slots these days. so you can use an m.2 as your primary boot drive and add a large ssd for storage. I wouldn't mess around with mechanical drives now unless it was for a nas drive or larger than 1tb.
if youre doing video editing then those look well specced. But I think for anything like video editing id be going for 16gb of ram off the bat. 8 isn't a lot these days.
its a laptop, so for the money, its never going to be as good as a desktop. but id say both of those look like decent choices. if it was me id go for the dell.
one thing I would say is, i'm betting those are pretty expensive machines? i'd go and look at them, mess around and try typing on the keyboard. ive had laptops before that were good on paper, but horrible to use. if you don't get on with the keyboard or trackpad then it can get really annoying to use them.
take a look at gaming machines from Alienware, msi, asus and razer.
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Don't forget buying on line you got 14 days cooling off period to return it
