HI.
Listing what he currently has is very helpful.
As others have said, you could just update the RAM in the laptop to 16GB,
and that would probably be enough.
If you wish to buy a new laptop, I would choose one with 16GB RAM (or more)
and about 512GB NVME SSD (fast disk).
The CPU speed is probably not going to make much difference for MATLAB,
because the disk will be the limiting factor.
The GPU is probably not important, but if you ever wish to install Linux on
it, I would avoid NVIDIA GPUs.
Go for AMD or Intel graphics on the laptop.
Kind Regards
James
On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 at 10:06, Owain via Hampshire <
hampshire@???> wrote:
> Thanks both for giving me some ideas to work with - I'll see what J-Lo do.
>
> He currently has a Lenovo ideapad 510, which has a i3 processor (2.3GHz)
> and 4G ram. Having spoken to him more the problem seems to be not just
> with matlab, though the way he's using that is memory intensive, as it
> reports using 70ish % of memory even just with Firefox (2 tabs open) and
> the task manager running. I know it would run much faster with Linux but
> that's not an option at present. The Surface Pro looks nice but a little
> pricey, so if anyone has a suggestion of something a bit cheaper I would be
> grateful.
>
>
> Owain
> On 26/01/2021 17:26, Marc Loftus via Hampshire wrote:
>
> I use a Microsoft Surface Pro 7. I got the i7 processor and 16G of ram. I
> use it to run some memory intensive programs and run virtual box with
> several vagrant VMs running Ansible with a 3tier application stack.
>
> What has he currently got and where are the bottle neck? Is Matlab
> memory/processor/IO intensive?
>
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 16:22 Roger Munford via Hampshire, <
> hampshire@???> wrote:
>
>> It may sound a bit old fashioned but you could try John Lewis. At least
>> in the recent past they did train their sales staff.
>>
>> They may not thank me for suggesting this but we have had excellent
>> service from Rocket Repairs in Southampton. I would recommend them
>> highly for their repair service but they might be happy to advise based
>> on their experience.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/01/2021 14:53, Owain via Hampshire wrote:
>> > Afternoon.
>> >
>> > I wonder if anyone could give me some advice? My son is in the last
>> > leg of his chemistry degree and finding that his laptop is not up to
>> > the statistically heavy Matlab calculations he has to do, so he wants
>> > a higher spec laptop. In the past I have used PC World and the like
>> > with both of my sons and been amazed with the disappointing performance.
>> >
>> > So where is a good place to go to have knowledgeable but
>> > non-patronising service? He wants a Windows machine, but I am hoping
>> > to inherit the old one myself, and install a grown-up operating system
>> > on it.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any tips
>> >
>> > Owain
>> >
>> > https://tantmusic.com
>> >
>> >
>>
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