Why do DPR members need gaming laptops?

[Buttons252]

I use to edit my photos on a Lenovo T420 (2nd gen i5) and it was fine, but times have changed. Now i cant even open a chrome tab without my system ram maxing out at 16gb utilization (mild exaggeration)

I have a gaming laptop (Lenovo Legion) 10th gen i7, six full cores 12 threads, 16gb of ram, geforce 2060 6gb. Compared to a "non gaming laptop" it was slightly more expensive but its 6c/12t with high sustained clock speeds then a standard laptop meant to check email.

Most gaming laptops have a "H" series CPU which means high performance. Standard laptops have "U" series which is ultra low voltage, AKA ultra low performance.

Gaming laptops have better heatsinks and fans, less thermal throttling or more thermal headroom, the three drawbacks are battery life, thickness/weight, and usually they have a screen for high refresh rate but terrible colors.

 

[Sean Nelson]

Two things:

1) software is expected to be easier to develop. ... adds an immense amount of overhead which requires more powerful hardware to accomplish the same task.

2) feature bloat and higher expectations of what the software can do...

3) Running on a new processor while emulating an older architecture which in turn traces its lineage back to 1980's chip technology which could only manage 8-bit operations.

 

[PerTulip]

... can run perfectly fine on core2 duo era computers..

Can I send you a 4x5 scan with several layers I am working on for a huge print?

Your post talks about "online". If just posting photos online is your thing, feel free to stick to C2D.