Karen,
I've had various laptops from different manufacturers over the years, and though you're not asking for recommendations, all I can say is I'm very happy with my current laptop purchased about 6 months ago. One of the things that's important to me is what you mentioned: how hot the cpu runs and how long it takes to cool down before bagging it ( I work remotely most of the time). My current laptop is an I7 Intel processor, 6 gb RAM, 750 gb HD, 17" screen, and runs cool - I can turn it off after using it over 8 hours and feel no appreciable heat (and the fan is not on/off). I purposely did not buy the most high powered laptop in the line because it ran hotter and had a very bulky power adapter. HP Pavillion dv-7 6b63 is what I happen to have, but, am not committed to an OEM, just the requirements I have. Maybe this helps in your considerations. Brad Davidson From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 7:38 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Laptops and RBase forms I really need to think of retiring my Toshiba Tecra and get a new laptop this year. Need to move up to Windows 7 just as they're ready to push out Windows 8 (I'm always a few steps behind...) I'm not asking for recommendations, although part of me wonders if the $399 deals at Best Buy are good enough for me, but for a specific feature. On this laptop, when I have a big RBase windows (7.6 or 9.1) form open in the designer, after a while the CPU usage doubles, the fan starts whirling, and it sounds like my laptop is going to fly off the desk. If I have 2 forms open, then I expect an explosion. I've learned to live with closing and opening forms repeatedly to give my computer a rest, but it sure would be nice not to have my computer freak out. Not sure if this happens just to me... What particular component of hardware would affect this, so I can make sure I get a better grade of whatever to allow me to have several forms open in RBase? Is it the amount of memory, the CPU speed, something graphics?? Karen
