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JSWolf · 10-02-2016, 02:38 PM

I have a laptop with 8GB of ram and it runs pretty good. I don't need (yet) any more ram than that. It does have a 1TB hard drive and no SSD. But remember that an SSD of a decent size is going to be expensive. Someday I'll get an SSD but not now. Too many other uses for my money.

When you buy a laptop, buy one that when the warranty is over you can easily upgrade. Mine is easy to add ram and it's easy to add an SSD. It does have a 5th gen quad core i7. One thing you do want to get in a laptop is good Wifi with WiFi AC even if your router does not support AC, that's something you could get for much better WiFi.

10-02-2016, 02:38 PM	#10
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,960 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have a laptop with 8GB of ram and it runs pretty good. I don't need (yet) any more ram than that. It does have a 1TB hard drive and no SSD. But remember that an SSD of a decent size is going to be expensive. Someday I'll get an SSD but not now. Too many other uses for my money. When you buy a laptop, buy one that when the warranty is over you can easily upgrade. Mine is easy to add ram and it's easy to add an SSD. It does have a 5th gen quad core i7. One thing you do want to get in a laptop is good Wifi with WiFi AC even if your router does not support AC, that's something you could get for much better WiFi. Last edited by JSWolf; 10-02-2016 at 02:42 PM.