I don’t know how much more you spend for 16GB of
RAM but I see no reason to worry about Windows 11.
Microsoft doesn’t go around making new versions
markedly more demanding. And has anyone reliable who
writes technical articles said that Windows 11 will
require more ram or computing power? While I don’t
follow these things, at the same time, I have seen
nothing indicating that people who had machines that
ran Windows 8 needed more powerful machines to run
Windows 10.
I don’t know how much more you spend for 16GB of
RAM when buying a new machine and having the extra RAM
added. If it is a small amount like twenty-five or
thirty dollars, it isn’t worth worrying about mmuchif
at all for a lot of people.
I’m not particularly concerned with the amouhnt of
RAM except in the context of what I consider the very
questionable generalization about future proofing a
machine. though I also am commenting because I just
don’t think a typical computer user needs more or will
benefit significantly more by adding ram.
also, it is my impression that Windows 10 handles
memory more efficiently than Windows 8 did. I’m
challenging the idea that you need to spend more money
and go beyond specifications that work well today to
future pproof a machine. Many considerations enter
into the question. How do you intend to use the
machine? How much do you care about speed? What
sorts of changes in Windows and programs can
accurately be predicted that will make your computer
not be able to work with software over many years and
Windows as it changes? And how much more money are we
talking about?
And to explain my point further, if you apply the
future proof argument or extrapolation to other areas,
what are the results? Do you end up advocating a much
more powerful processor than that which works well now
with Windows 10? In the end, adding, with all these
upgrades, 100 dollars, or 150 dollars to the price of
a machine. A little here and a little there and you
may be talking about enough money to matter to people
who want to be careful or reasonably careful about how
much they spend.
I really doubt that Microsoft is going to create
the kind of bad will and anger among its customers by
making Windows 11 require enough more computer
resources to make a lot of users’ machines obsolete or
require them to spend money to upgrade their machines.
In short, my main point is that once you start
applying the future proof argument, where does it lead
and how much money is involved?
Gene
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Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 10:29
AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk]
Recommendations for a new laptop
Plus with Windows 11coming out,
we don’t know the hardware requirements of that OS
yet. Nor do we know if JAWS will have new hard
where requirements either.
I agree with Chris completely
on this.
I’d go with 16GB to be safe.
My opinion is you don’t buy a
laptop minimal specs just to last a year or two.
You buy enough that will carry you thru for a
while.
I’d also go with a Core I5 11th
gen.
Do you just want a clamshell
laptop or w would you like to have it convert over
to a tablet?
Is a keyboard with a NumLock
important to you?
John
Hi Kathy.
In my experience, as one who
uses jaws and the Microsoft office suite all the
time, I can state that the two features that will
make you happy are a solid state hard drive, and
16 gig of ram. Sure it is true that 8 gig will
suffice, but I have 16 ram and solid state hard
drives in all of my computers now and they work
great. The difference in cost between 8 gig of ram
and 16 gig is almost negligible.
I
will not be traveling with my laptop. I am doing a
ministry through our church so I use the Internet
a lot. I also print out braille so I have a
Duxberry program and of course I use the latest
jaws I just wanted to make sure that I have enough
memory in my computer for it to last me for a
little bit I also like to keep books on my
computer because I download from bard as well
I do not want a slow computer
Kathy Sent from my iPhone
On
Jun 15, 2021, at 9:04 PM, John Holcomb II <jhii926@...>
wrote:
What do you do with your
laptop? How much is your budget?
Will you be traveling a lot
with this and need a good battery ?
Good afternoon to all
I need to purchase a new
laptop, I need help with how much memory and
everything I need for my laptop I use the
latest jaws and I use office products I’d
like to do the Internet as well I’m not good
at this part when it comes to purchasing a
laptop and everything I should have in it
