Computer Performance Questions

antikristuseke · 11-19-12, 07:09 AM

Personally I like 17" laptops and disagree with people who say they are not really portable. Agreed that they are less of a mobile device than a 11"-13" netbook, but when it comes to decent performance for your hard earned cash 17" laptops go long way and are only marginally larger than 15.6" models.
I carry my 17" Acer pretty much everywhere and I am by no means the largest of guys, only 6'2 and 160 something pounds.

Edit: on the ram issue, ram costs about as much as a sandwitch, get a model with 8gigs, a philips head screwdriver and buy two extra sticks of compatible DDR3 sticks and you are golden, 4 gig sticks are less than 20 dollars each unless you go into the silly end of the spectrum.

11-23-12, 02:13 PM

Its not that its 17" its that this Asus G75 series is 17" and wont fit in even 18" bags because its bigger than its specs, plus its something in the plus of 13Lbs, not a problem for me BUT, I want to take it with me on deployment, and we have to have it on us on a carryon and they only allow a max of 15 Lbs on the carryon, and I dont want to even push that number. The only thing that makes me want the 17" more is that it has a second slot for easy installation of a SSD, whereas the 15 does too but it seems like you really gotta gut the computer to get to it, that or replace your HDD with an SSD entirely.

11-23-12, 02:16 PM

So far Ive decided on the 15.6"(The 17" went OFF sale back to 1700$) with 8GB of ram (Im going to install another 8, or 2 sticks of 8 just for good measure :P) and then MAYBE order a SSD or wait until I have time, take it to my local computer shop and have them do it for me, I feel confident I can install the RAM (Its plug and play pretty much right?) but the SSD is a different story.

On another note, dunno if it will be worth trying to wait till cyber monday or just buying it now, I mean Im seeing SSD and RAM on sale for like half off atm and the computer is 1299 atm too.

antikristuseke · 11-26-12, 04:58 AM

not really, an SSD is as easy to install as ram, there is only one way it fits into the connector. Then again if the computer is badly designed and swaping the hdd reqires you to dismantle the damn thing more than removing the rear access panel it might be a different story.

12-01-12, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

not really, an SSD is as easy to install as ram, there is only one way it fits into the connector. Then again if the computer is badly designed and swaping the hdd reqires you to dismantle the damn thing more than removing the rear access panel it might be a different story.

Thats not the problem its the HDD cloning part Im worried about, a I have no clue how to do it (I can make windows recovery disks) and B according to a review apparently it is hard to clone the HDD on the G55vw because of the partition tables it uses. The slot where the drive goes is easily accessible. Only thing I could do probably (Without taking it to a technician) is pop in the SSD and then pop in my windows recovery disks (Which I havent made yet) for a fresh clean install, which btw makes me question.... is it possible I could make a windows recovery on say a 32GB flash drive?

Casey

antikristuseke · 12-03-12, 05:02 AM

Well, personally I would not go the cloning route, but that's my own preference. Just backup what you need and go for a clean install on the SSD. Also, I would use the other hard drive for the backup and have a secondary backup on some cloud service as having a backup on the same drive sort of defeats the entire purpose.
That said I have had no real experience with cloning a hard drive since I have never had a good reason to do so.

11-19-12, 07:09 AM	#1
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Personally I like 17" laptops and disagree with people who say they are not really portable. Agreed that they are less of a mobile device than a 11"-13" netbook, but when it comes to decent performance for your hard earned cash 17" laptops go long way and are only marginally larger than 15.6" models. I carry my 17" Acer pretty much everywhere and I am by no means the largest of guys, only 6'2 and 160 something pounds. Edit: on the ram issue, ram costs about as much as a sandwitch, get a model with 8gigs, a philips head screwdriver and buy two extra sticks of compatible DDR3 sticks and you are golden, 4 gig sticks are less than 20 dollars each unless you go into the silly end of the spectrum.

11-23-12, 02:13 PM	#2
reignofdeath Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Its not that its 17" its that this Asus G75 series is 17" and wont fit in even 18" bags because its bigger than its specs, plus its something in the plus of 13Lbs, not a problem for me BUT, I want to take it with me on deployment, and we have to have it on us on a carryon and they only allow a max of 15 Lbs on the carryon, and I dont want to even push that number. The only thing that makes me want the 17" more is that it has a second slot for easy installation of a SSD, whereas the 15 does too but it seems like you really gotta gut the computer to get to it, that or replace your HDD with an SSD entirely.

11-23-12, 02:16 PM	#3
reignofdeath Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So far Ive decided on the 15.6"(The 17" went OFF sale back to 1700$) with 8GB of ram (Im going to install another 8, or 2 sticks of 8 just for good measure :P) and then MAYBE order a SSD or wait until I have time, take it to my local computer shop and have them do it for me, I feel confident I can install the RAM (Its plug and play pretty much right?) but the SSD is a different story. On another note, dunno if it will be worth trying to wait till cyber monday or just buying it now, I mean Im seeing SSD and RAM on sale for like half off atm and the computer is 1299 atm too.

11-26-12, 04:58 AM	#4
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	not really, an SSD is as easy to install as ram, there is only one way it fits into the connector. Then again if the computer is badly designed and swaping the hdd reqires you to dismantle the damn thing more than removing the rear access panel it might be a different story.

12-03-12, 05:02 AM	#6
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well, personally I would not go the cloning route, but that's my own preference. Just backup what you need and go for a clean install on the SSD. Also, I would use the other hard drive for the backup and have a secondary backup on some cloud service as having a backup on the same drive sort of defeats the entire purpose. That said I have had no real experience with cloning a hard drive since I have never had a good reason to do so.