Windows 10 and Hardware Sue and Allen Presenting! September 29, 2016 SPECIFICATIONS First things first, let s check out CPU s. Intel i7, new PCs with 6th gen Intel Core processors have security built right in. Face recognition, fingerprint reader Touch screen capability Many features under the hood! <GG> CPU - They re all dual cores! i7 6600u, 3.4 ghz, 15 watts i7 6650u, 3.4 ghz, 15 watts i7 6600u, 3.4 ghz, 15 watts i7 6567u, 3.6 ghz, 28 watts I7 6560u, 3.2 ghz, 15 watts I7 6500u, 3.1 ghz, 15 watts Different models have different Intel Graphics They are what Intel calls Skull Canyon. 1
Windows 10 Hardware The bigger the numbers, the more they cost! Touch screens versus nontouch screens SSD S versus Hard Drives Closeouts versus new systems. Let s look at some examples of systems. I m going to Google i7 14 inch laptop. TOUCH SCREEN If you ve never used one for SC, it s an interesting journey. So you see a mistake on the screen, I missed a Q in steno. Old way: lots of strokes. Touch screen: Touch place for Q, touch Smart Q. I m sure you can find many ways to use the touch screen in RT to your advantage. This is a Dell from Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Non-Touch (Note this) i7-6700hq, 3.5 ghz 15 performance laptop with Intel processors and the latest graphics for a new level of fun, games and videos. Starting at $ 799 99 5,600 rpm hd, 4 gigabyte Nvdia graphics 2
Now from Amazon 15.6 inches Screen Resolution Processor RAM Memory Speed Hard Drive Graphics Coprocessor 1920x1080 2.3 GHz Core i5 6300HQ 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz 256 GB SSD NVIDIA Notice battery life But 3 3.0 USB ports 4 gigs of graphics I5 but quad core So different, same model number! Confusing! PRICE: 774.99 Chipset Brand Graphics Card Ram Size Wireless Type Intel 4000 MB 802.11 A/C I SEARCHED SAME MODEL NUMBER AS PREVIOUSLY! Now I ve gotten: Dell 15.6 Gaming Laptop Number of USB 3.0 Ports 3 Average Battery Life (in hours) 4.5 hours This is an HP at Best Buy Hard Drive Capacity, 1000 gigabytes, 5,400 rpm Operating System, Windows 10, touch screen Processor Intel i5, 2.3 gigahertz, 6200U, dual core System Memory (RAM) 8 gigabytes Wireless Networking Wireless-AC Screen Size 15.6 inches Ports 1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0 Model: HP - ENVY x360 2-in-1 15.6" Touch-Screen $649 with i5 or 799 with i7 Best Buy Clearance Acer - Aspire R14 2-in-1 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 6500U2.5 ghz - 8GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Black Model:R5-471T-71W2 SKU: 4503200 (I have this computer up here) 1 USB 1.0; 2 USB 3.0 6500Umeans ultra low power, dual core CPU and more life on the battery. 3
Best Buy Clearance Lenovo Yoga 700 14 inch 2 in 1 touch screen laptop Hard Drive Capacity, 256 gigabytes Hard Drive Type, Solid State Drive Operating System, Windows 10 Processor Brand and Speed, Intel, i5, 2.3 ghz, 6200U System Memory (RAM) 8 gigabytes Wireless Networking Wireless-AC Screen Size 14 inches Ports, 1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 Price: 639.99 Tiger Direct Business 08/15/16 HP Probook440 G3 Notebook PC Intel Core i7-6500u Dual-Core Processor, 2.50GHz, 16GB DDR3, 256GB SSD, 14 LED, FHD 1920x1080, USB 2.0, Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit - X9U27UT#ABA Item#: 40113931 Model#: X9U27UT#ABA List Price:$929.99Instant Savings:- $250.00 (27%)Price: $ 679 99 In Stock. Usually ships same business day. (Details) So how do I make a choice? Do some Google s, narrow down what you want in the way of specs and where they are sold. Best Buy to look at them but maybe not purchase? Check the price other places and online Best Buy. Sometimes online cheaper. But I don t know quite what I want. How do you decide? 4
What s Your Usage? Will it sit in court on a table where you work, maybe go back to your office from time to time? If so, you can get bigger screen, weight doesn t matter as much. If you re a mobile reporter, in court or freelance, you want smaller and lighter, in my humble opinion. Battery Usage Important! I ve used the battery only on writer and computer for what I believe will be short depos. Less than an hour, hour and a half. If we get to a break and still going, I plug in. My Acer model will go up to 7, 8 or even 9 hours on battery depending on what you are doing. You can check the battery status in the Windows tray while your are working. Things to Know! Google overheating on the models you are zeroing in on. In the past some notebooks got so hot you couldn t use them on your lap. Go to places like pcworld.com, anandtech.com, tomsguide.com, hothardware.com. These places test/rate hardware/software. 5
SSD s - A Good Question! Size of hard drive: SSD s are too small. I ve got lots of files, lots of messages, lots of e-mails and even more photos and music. I can t fit on that small drive. Welllllll, let me say you are courting disaster with all that data on a portable device. Go ahead, drop it once just wrong and, poof, there it all goes! Sad, sad. That s a good question! SSD s All the extraneous stuff should be on your home/office computer that doesn t go anywhere or not very often, anyway. You can keep many StenoCAT files on your RT computer if you have an SSD. It loads quite fast and still boots fast. Store those other files on your back up drives, where you can access them but just not on the RT computer, please, which you carry around. What would Allen buy? I purchased an Acer in October of 2015 with Windows 10, 8 gigs of memory and a 1 terabyte spinning hard drive. I removed the HD and installed a 256 gig SSD, which is the computer that is running this presentation today. Cost of SSD was $83, took an hour or a little more. Just a screw driver. It s got all my SC files since October, over a thousand and boots into SC very quickly. 6
Questions! I ll be glad to take any questions that you have Just remember: Don t bog down your RT computer with extraneous stuff, please. When the questions are done, I ll reboot this Acer and you can see the speed of boot! More Places to Buy! https://www.amazon.com/ https://www.bestbuy.com http://www.tigerdirect.com/ http://www.newegg.com/ https://www.walmart.com https://www.overstock.com/electronics/laptops http://www.frys.com/category/outpost/notebooks +and+tablets/laptops/ 7