Just yesterday we reformatted a Sony Vaio laptop that was taking an age to reboot. Using Autopatcher it took about 40 minutes to reformat and get up to speed with all updates from SP1 (Windows 7 64 Bit). The boot speed is now excellent and it has become a useable working machine once more. My own Laptop - Dell i7 with 16Gb Windows 7 64 Bit is in dire need of updating and will be done over this weekend. Currently a reboot can take up to 12 minutes before the laptop is useable, so it isn't just 60 seconds we are talking about here. +1 to Darren here!
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Darren Sent: 19 May 2015 13:46 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop If it were only about those 60 seconds then I think you would have universal agreement. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2015 10:40 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Recomendations for a developer laptop I don't get this, my Dell will boot Ubuntu in 60-70 seconds. Then my laptop will be on all day, unless suspended, coming up from suspension takes about 3 seconds. Why would I spend hard earned extra money to save 60 seconds on a 10 to 16 hour day? Doesn't make sense to me. As for general performance, an i5 with my 1Tb HD are more than what I need for everyday work. I don't edit video, and unless you are recommending a SSD drive for playing I don't think it's money well spent. On 19/05/15 08:13, Peter Cushing wrote: > On 18/05/2015 12:32, Ted Roche wrote: >> HDD: not all that important, as nearly everything we run is mirrored >> on the LAN and backed-up to the internet. >> > If I was buying one now I wouldn't consider anything less than an SSD > drive, just for the general performance increase especially booting. > Even if you have a small boot drive and a larger main drive. > > Peter > > > > > > > This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom > it is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in > law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be > unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us > immediately by telephone or email. > www.whisperingsmith.com > > Whispering Smith Ltd Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 > 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 Fax:0161 831 3715 London Office:17-19 Foley > Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/18725b8cd2d5d247873a2baf401d4ab259716...@ex2010-a-fpl.fpl.LOCAL ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
