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Portable PC Woes (random rantings)
9 years ago
So for those whom know me, I've had this portable pc called the Lenovo S405 for my 'out of the house' work. While the laptop's pretty lightweight and has an ok sized screen, it falls short everywhere else. integrated graphics card (meaning it has none to speak of), potato cpu, and well while i could upgrade the ram, it wouldn't do that big of an improvement. Still, i've been tweaking it to at least be somewhat not-slow to work with it until i can move and can do my slow gradual upgrade. I have had some considerations on what laptop or tablet pc to get including the Apple ipad Pro + Pen, or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, but those are pricey and for 1k, could get a laptop with the power of my (current) desktop in it while it's on sale at newegg. Any suggestions are appreciated, and while this netbook/laptop still is kicking, i'm gonna keep tinkering with it to see if i can make it any smoother.
As of now, attempting to use the Wacom Cintiq 13hd on the laptop is proving to be... interesting. Since I have to have a cable over the keyboard.
here's a pic of how the 'setup' looks like, if i want to work on drawings on my current laptop: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u....._245728669.jpg
As of now, attempting to use the Wacom Cintiq 13hd on the laptop is proving to be... interesting. Since I have to have a cable over the keyboard.
here's a pic of how the 'setup' looks like, if i want to work on drawings on my current laptop: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u....._245728669.jpg
Click on addition plans and select performance.
It will create more heat and drain the battery faster but should speed it up.
A few months back i made a big list of laptops that are as fast as you can get before gaming laptops with dedicated graphics.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/.....v_wishlist_btn
The laptops would be a upgrade from your current one but personally i would get something better.
My dream laptop http://store.asus.com/us/item/20160.....0000092/A26128
Cheaper version http://store.asus.com/us/category/A.....722.1465981215
A dell for the same price http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-15-955.....15-9550-laptop
Here are all the high end non gaming asus laptops https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks/Z.....ries-Products/
LOL i'm suck a geek xD
I have an ASUS k501ux and I absolutely love it!
Here's a link to it: https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks/K501UX/
If you're getting a new laptop I would highly recommend ASUS.
If you are thinking of which brand you should go for I would definitely consider ASUS Apple and Dell.
And after the first day the wifi chip stopped working, so I updated the drivers
and it started working after that. But really that should never have happened in the first place. :/
Well, good luck with your sluggish laptop. I really hope it all works out in the end. ^^
It sounds to me like you have a hdd (hard disk drive) in your laptop if your laptop was
compatible with it you could install a ssd (solid-state drive) which would make it a thousand times faster.
But you kind of have to be a computer geek to do it. :P
As for an SSD they are a little pricey. But give it a few years and the prices should come down.