I'm going to be getting a new laptop soon and was wondering what would be the best specs to run Logos?
I've read some posts in the forum that talk about having a SSD (I don't even know what that is). Is that something that is needed?
My primary purpose for the laptop will be to run Logos. The only other things I will use it for will be Powerpoint presentations and Word documents.
I would like to keep the cost between $600-$800.
Here are a couple links for laptops I have been looking at Dell.
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5537/pd?oc=dndou174h&model_id=inspiron-15r-5537
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5537/pd?oc=fndou173h&model_id=inspiron-15r-5537
Any feedback is appreciated,
Thanks.
I don't have much to add to your issue, but wanted to make sure you look into what you will need for PowerPoint. Do you intend to mirror (same exact image on both laptop and projector), or do you want to have an extended screen (separate image for projector & presentation notes on laptop)? Someone else will have to advise you better, but I think you might be better off with a dedicated graphics processor. Things have changed greatly since I used PC's... Maybe this isn't an issue now.
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The main differences are memory and hard drive, so go for the cheaper option if 500 GB is enough disk space.
A Solid State Drive (SSD) has no moving parts and is much, much faster than a hard drive (HDD), but also much more expensive - about $200 extra for 250 GB. The HDD's supplied are 5400 RPM but see if you can get (and afford) a 7200 RPM drive as it will be faster.
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Hi Ronald,
You can add $50 for 128 GB SSD AND 500 GB 5400 RPM hard drive. I prefer the i5 CPU. You can put the OS, Logos, and the most often used software on the primary SSD, the rest you could put them on the secondary 500 GB hard drive. Dave what do you think about this specs ?
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=cto_config&config_id=1857143&003=6572684&010=E2S68AV_1857143&srccode=cii_9324560&cpncode=35-152614585-2&jumpid=ba_r329_hhocse&aoid=10071
If you watch out for weekend deep discount sales you can have a 128 GB SSD, a second 500 GB standard storage hard drive (you have plenty of storage if you have these two hard drives in your laptop), and i5 CPU for around your budget range. Good luck with your search, .
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Ronald Quick:I've read some posts in the forum that talk about having a SSD (I don't even know what that is). Is that something that is needed?
Comparing the two laptops I have, the one with slower CPU but SSD starts Logos faster than the one with so-so CPU and hybrid drive. You are also able to work a little more continuously with an SSD if You are very fast at using Logos, but I hardly notice the difference. The slower CPU (in the one with an SSD) is quite slow: a 2009 Core 2 Duo 1.3 GHz.
Hybrid drive is similar to a HDD, but has a small SSD built-in on which it caches the most frequently used files for faster reading from and writing to the drive. The SSD-part in a hybrid drive is usually 16-32 GB right now. Mine is 8 GB but I noticed a significant speed increase when I changed the drive from a HDD (mirror the entire content of the old HDD to the new hybrid drive) to hybrid drive and put 7.6 GB RAM available instead of 1.6 GB RAM available.
Hybrid drives usually cost somewhat much more than the very cheapest new HDD of the same size that You can find, so most people are saying that a hybrid drive for Your other softwares (other than Windows and Logos) and files is overkill.
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In my opinion a SSD (solid state drive) is a great investment for those who use Logos extensively. I have been really pleased with mine and hardly notice when it is indexing. The main drawback I would see for you is that it may put the cost higher than your budget. But it is worth considering.
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Many (unless You don't have any huge collections/bundles or base-packages and have hidden all the books You don't read) have a too large Logos index file for the SSD part on a hybrid drive. Besides, if You would want indexing and searches perform fast on hybrid drive You would need to index AND do searches many times a day each day so that the index would stay on the SSD part of the hybrid drive and You would need an SSD part of the hybrid drive of at least 32 GB.
Clarification: An SSD is not a hybrid drive. An SSD consists of SSD only.
Thanks for all the replies - very helpful.
Is an extra $200 worth upgrading from i5 to i7. I am comparing these 2 laptops and it looks like that is the only difference.
http://www.dell.com/us/p/configuration-compare.aspx?returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dell.com%2Fus%2Fp%2Flaptops.aspx%3F~ck%3Dmn%23!everyday-laptops
Ronald Quick:s an extra $200 worth upgrading from i5 to i7. I am comparing these 2 laptops and it looks like that is the only difference.
If you do not require the full 500 GB Hdd, spend the 200.00 and get a Sold State Drive as Dave suggested. It will make a huge difference in the way Logos runs. On a new computer, the boot up time is SIGNIFICANTLY reduced. I am running on a Pentium Dual-core 3.2GHZ and 4 GB of Ram. The Solid State Drive made a world of difference.
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Ronald Quick: Is an extra $200 worth upgrading from i5 to i7. I am comparing these 2 laptops and it looks like that is the only difference. http://www.dell.com/us/p/configuration-compare.aspx?returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dell.com%2Fus%2Fp%2Flaptops.aspx%3F~ck%3Dmn%23!everyday-laptops Thanks.
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Ronald Quick:Is an extra $200 worth upgrading from i5 to i7.
Personally prefer performance per dollar. CPU benchmark list => http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
Intel Core i5-4200U has a passmark of 3348 so performance per dollar is 4.18505
Intel Core i7-4500U has a passmark of 3975 so performance per dollar is 4.18425
Note: i7-4500U is 18.72 % faster than i5-4200U, which should feel faster humanly. The laptop price is 18.75 % more for the faster speed.
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I have one laptop with an SSD and one with a hybrid HD/SSD. More RAM pretty much makes an SSD optional. I've never regretted buying more computer than I needed upfront. It means you can sit out at least one upgrade more than the folks who thought the cheapest computer was somehow a better deal.
Laptops and PCs are a true buyer's market right now. Whatever didn't sell in December is overflowing the warehouses which were already full of machines from a weak market. Shop carefully, but you've got lots of good machines to choose from.
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