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When buying a new computer, how important are each of the following?

Survey period: 25 Jul 2022 to 1 Aug 2022

Obviously a dozen other things come into the equation, too, but let's keep the list manageable.
OptionVotes12345 
Raw horse power7564%4%18%35%39%
Enough RAM for what I need and more.7565%2%5%21%67%
Disk storage. I need room7564%6%26%29%34%
The GPUs are critical7569%18%37%20%15%
AI processing power. TPUs, Neural engines, DLAs. I needs them.75642%22%21%7%8%
It needs to run the OS of my choice7569%4%14%18%56%



 
QuestionWhat does the scale represent? Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar30-Jul-22 6:54
Vikram A Punathambekar30-Jul-22 6:54 
AnswerRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
trønderen31-Jul-22 3:51
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GeneralRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar1-Aug-22 6:40
Vikram A Punathambekar1-Aug-22 6:40 
GeneralRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
trønderen2-Aug-22 13:17
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AnswerRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
Chris Maunder31-Jul-22 12:30
cofounderChris Maunder31-Jul-22 12:30 
GeneralRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar1-Aug-22 6:38
Vikram A Punathambekar1-Aug-22 6:38 
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Chris Maunder8-Aug-22 8:22
cofounderChris Maunder8-Aug-22 8:22 
GeneralKeyboard Layout for taptops Pin
wmjordan27-Jul-22 16:56
professionalwmjordan27-Jul-22 16:56 
For laptop computers, my first consideration comes from the keyboard layout.
Especially the cursor keys.

Lenovo ThinkPad and some Acer laptops have the PageUp and PageDown keys placed just near the cursor keys (above the Left and Right cursor keys), which is great.

I use a keyboard layout tweaker to remap the PageUp to Home and PageDown to End. So I can use the cursor keys and the Home, End keys around them to move among code lines. The Home, End keys around the cursor keys enable me to move the caret to the begin and end of a line, which brings great convenience when editing code files.

Huawei's laptops have the nastiest layout. There's no Home or End key at all! How can a programmer work without the Home and End key? I will never consider buying their machines for their lame layout until they change their mind.

GeneralRe: Keyboard Layout for taptops Pin
Andrea Simonassi28-Jul-22 22:49
Andrea Simonassi28-Jul-22 22:49 
GeneralRe: Keyboard Layout for taptops Pin
wmjordan28-Jul-22 23:24
professionalwmjordan28-Jul-22 23:24 
GeneralOnly the OS really matters anymore Pin
Bruce Greene27-Jul-22 3:48
Bruce Greene27-Jul-22 3:48 
GeneralMissing options... Pin
NPowDev27-Jul-22 1:35
NPowDev27-Jul-22 1:35 
GeneralRe: Missing options... Pin
trønderen27-Jul-22 4:57
trønderen27-Jul-22 4:57 
GeneralRe: Missing options... Pin
NPowDev27-Jul-22 7:07
NPowDev27-Jul-22 7:07 
Question6 options... Pin
Ravi Bhavnani26-Jul-22 10:14
professionalRavi Bhavnani26-Jul-22 10:14 
GeneralI don’t buy, I build Pin
matblue2526-Jul-22 2:20
professionalmatblue2526-Jul-22 2:20 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
trønderen26-Jul-22 5:49
trønderen26-Jul-22 5:49 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
matblue2526-Jul-22 10:51
professionalmatblue2526-Jul-22 10:51 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
Saša Ćetković26-Jul-22 23:36
professionalSaša Ćetković26-Jul-22 23:36 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
trønderen27-Jul-22 4:34
trønderen27-Jul-22 4:34 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
C-P-User-327-Jul-22 12:26
C-P-User-327-Jul-22 12:26 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
matblue2527-Jul-22 15:25
professionalmatblue2527-Jul-22 15:25 
GeneralRe: I don’t buy, I build Pin
Mike Hankey31-Jul-22 5:37
mveMike Hankey31-Jul-22 5:37 
GeneralWhat is a computer? Pin
dan!sh 26-Jul-22 0:44
professional dan!sh 26-Jul-22 0:44 
GeneralRe: What is a computer? Pin
MikeCO1026-Jul-22 2:48
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