Laptop recommendations for Photoshop?
Discussion
Craikeybaby said:
I've not used a chrome cast, but from what I can tell you select what you want to watch on your phone and send it to the chrome cast. No wires & no need to leave the sofa.
But presumably that means you can't play Flash content that won't play on your mobile? I can't see it being a viable alternative to a laptop plugged in via HDMI, really...My experience of chromecast is you're right, it's not a replacement for plugging into a TV with a proper computer.
Here's an idea for you - buy a decent fast SSD and whack it in your current laptop, re-install, and see if it's fast enough.
If it is, great, you've saved £1000.
If it isn't, buy a new laptop, whack the SSD in that, and you've spent the same as you were going to spend anyway.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-Sta...
Here's an idea for you - buy a decent fast SSD and whack it in your current laptop, re-install, and see if it's fast enough.
If it is, great, you've saved £1000.
If it isn't, buy a new laptop, whack the SSD in that, and you've spent the same as you were going to spend anyway.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-Sta...
If the laptop is turning itself off and similar that problem may persist - likely to be something other than disk/installation issue.
However in general I agree with the benefit of SSDs. Check the claimed performance levels for read and write. They are not all the same (historically) and the larger disks tend to offer higher speeds BUT the intended use of the SSD may also come into play from a data handling point of view. I would go for a 500Gb drive if it is to be the only drive. I have the older Samsung 840 models and they seem fine. Fastest for the price that I could find at the time and the M4700 came with on installed.
Older (as in much older) notebooks may not be able to accept SSDs. Also if the internal components are not up to SATA3 spec the full benefit of the SSD speed will not be available. Not so bad for a second drive dealing just with data storage but it might be disappointing for results from a main drive holding the OS.
However in general I agree with the benefit of SSDs. Check the claimed performance levels for read and write. They are not all the same (historically) and the larger disks tend to offer higher speeds BUT the intended use of the SSD may also come into play from a data handling point of view. I would go for a 500Gb drive if it is to be the only drive. I have the older Samsung 840 models and they seem fine. Fastest for the price that I could find at the time and the M4700 came with on installed.
Older (as in much older) notebooks may not be able to accept SSDs. Also if the internal components are not up to SATA3 spec the full benefit of the SSD speed will not be available. Not so bad for a second drive dealing just with data storage but it might be disappointing for results from a main drive holding the OS.
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