I wonder about the NVMe vs SSD. I have and SSD in my desktop and it boots much faster than my Laptop that has NVMe. They are not totally the same, however I think they are close enough. I think some of the performance is based on who made the NVMe or SSD. On 2018-05-22 13:57, Brian Cluff wrote: > For me, I would get a system that can use a NVMe.  They are about the > same price as an SSD, but make and SSD look extremely slow. > > If you don't need it to be portable, then go with a desktop system. > They are much cheaper for the amount of power you get, are tougher so > they will last you longer, upgrade-able so they will last you longer.  > They also offer much better cooling so when you are running the CPU at > it's maximum speed that it will actually be able to keep cool enough > to stay running at it's maximum speed without having to throttle > itself down to less than half the speed in order to not burn up, and > the same thing can be said of the GPU. > > My 6 year old desktop is faster than the fastest laptop you can get > new now and it cost me about half what a high end laptop would cost.  > Getting a system with an NVMe is one of the biggest driving forces for > making me want to get a new system these days... they are just so > crazy fast that they really make your system feel like a rocket > compared to the same machine with even a SATA attached SSD. > > Brian > > On 05/22/2018 03:27 AM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote: >> >> If I were to build a work system today, I would take the following >> road. >> >> I would go with a laptop with an SSD, at least an i5, an upgraded >> video card like nvidia instead of the video built in the CPU, and I >> would go with something that had decent resolution. >> >> A laptop like this one : >> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/vostro-15-5000/spd/vostro-15-5568-laptop/cav155w10p18s038 >> >> I'd add an external backup drive, an external keyboard, an external >> mouse, and I'd add 2 external flat screen monitors of around 21 inches >> each. >> >> Two of the reasons I moved back to Windows after running Linux Mint >> for 4 or 5 years was I was not able to take advantage of the screen >> share utilities such as Go-To-Meetings and I wanted my printer to be >> plug and play so I can use all it's features. >> >> At one point I was running a laptop with one external flat screen.  >> Makes a lot of sense, since you are doing everything on one box that >> is also mobile. >> >> And I think moving as much as you can to the cloud is a good thing. >> >> Now this configuration is what fits my needs.  What are your needs?  >> Are you editing images or videos?  Are you a developer? Or are you >> researching Linux, or is your research about external things? >> >> For a simple configuration I'd go with a cheap used laptop with an i3 >> and bottom of the line resolution, add and SSD, add Mint, add an >> external backup drive. >> >> I have 3 or 4 of these SSDs and they are on sale : >> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147676 >> >> I have two cheap used laptop running these.  Great performance and as >> I recall they have a 5 year warrantee.  I use one as a Linux web >> server for testing.  The other I might use for an experiment. I'd like >> to load Mint on it and see how far I can push the cloud. I'd like to >> do everything external, using mostly free stuff.  I do some video >> editing so I may need a little more power. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2018-05-21 19:30, mike enriquez wrote: >>> I am planing to build a Linux computer.  I have Ubuntu 16.0 on an old >>> Dell XPS. I will be using it as my research computer.   So "I will be >>> going where where others do not dare to go."  I want a VPN on it >>> because I have not been able to install a VPN on the computer I now >>> have. I want a 64bit OS. >>> >>> I know that most people say to use and old computer to run Linux.  I >>> need ideas on Hardware to avoid and use.  What would you do if you >>> had >>> to build your own Linux computer from scratch? >>> >>> Thanks for your input. >>> >>> Mike Enriquez >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss