Are you sure the "NVMe" in your laptop is actually an NVMe and not just
a sata SSD in an m.2 form factor or an older NVMe that only uses one PCI
channel?
There are a wide variety of NVMes out there with a broad range of
specs. It's definitely not worth the money to save a couple of bucks on
a low spec modem. Especially since the difference in price is not very
much.
Brian Cluff
On 05/22/2018 09:57 PM,
techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>
>
> 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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