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
>>>
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