Hello, I'm thinking of buying a laptop and wondering about the minimum and recommended specs for a laptop to run QGIS 3.x? The plan is to use Ubuntu as the OS and the laptop for writing scripts, working on Process Models, etc... with occasional full blown tests using 'large' (+500,000 polygon) shapefiles. My desktop is more than sufficient for this but I'm looking for something to use when travelling.
I used to have a somewhat decent laptop but it is older and gets crazy hot... and does not do well with larger shapefiles. The old laptop case actually deformed slightly in the hot areas which screams to me "fire hazard!" and therefore is no longer used. I'd like to avoid those issues with the new laptop. The laptops on the market seem to be mainly 7th generation Intel processors with a wide variation in performance. Just to keep this simple, let's consider i7 types. There are designations ending with a "U" which use less power, create less heat and used in lower performing computers. Then there are the "H" and "HQ" processors in higher end computers which sound more capable and use more power. I'm guessing a "U" processor will be overtaxed by the scenario in the first paragraph. So *if* it does not crash it will run to the design limit and heat up. If using the "H" or "HQ" processors it will likely not crash, produce lots of heat but maybe not too much since it is designed for such intensive applications? Am I understanding the situation correctly? What else might play a significant role in the heat issue? What about laptops with built in cooling systems beyond the normal fans and heat sinks? And most importantly... how to pick a computer / processor / other items capable of running QGIS with large datasets? How to find a reasonable middle between performance and heat? ...and of course not cost too much? Gaming computers???? Thank you, --S
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