(03-17-2014, 12:23 AM)admin89 Wrote: Dell Inspiron and HP Pavilion are both of their low end series which are known for heating issue .Thanks for bringing up the heat issue, I'll do some research on that. Indeed, my current Inspiron has such issues too, however it's fine if I'm cleaning the fan twice a year.
i5 4200U GPU : Intel HD 4400 is not a good choice . At least , choose sth like Intel HD 4600 (i3 4000M for example )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i3+4000m&N=-1&isNodeId=1
Can you elaborate on why the 4400 is not a good choice? Is it, like, completely incapable of running anything?
(03-17-2014, 01:08 AM)Link_to_the_past Wrote:Thanks for the feedback(03-17-2014, 12:23 AM)admin89 Wrote: Dell Inspiron and HP Pavilion are both of their low end series which are known for heating issue .
i5 4200U GPU : Intel HD 4400 is not a good choice . At least , choose sth like Intel HD 4600 (i3 4000M for example )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i3+4000m&N=-1&isNodeId=1
It wouldn't cover his battery expectations. Taking all your expectations into account i think your choice is pretty good. The only thing i would search for is if there is a laptop without an os preinstalled with those specs for cheaper price.
Unfortunately I so far had no luck finding laptops without an OS preinstalled. Maybe if I keep looking some more..(03-17-2014, 01:21 AM)Shonumi Wrote: The 4200U under most conditions (i.e. anything but Dolphin) runs very well actually. We got my sister a new laptop with one and it does everything she needs (web browsing + Photoshop/Illustrator) just fine. I wouldn't imagine g++ to be an issue since I've developed on weaker systems with no speed issues like when compiling and doing something else.If your sister's laptop does have an Intel GPU, I would be very much interested in some quick Dolphin testing. Test any game you like (say, for instance Super Mario Galaxy 1 or 2 if you have those). I'm mostly curious if it runs fine with the recent merger of tev_fixes_new (which would be 4.0-1192) without any glitches. There's no hurry so far, particularly since the offer I'm looking at won't ship until the end of March anyway.
I have not done any Dolphin testing, but if you can wait about 24 hours, I can test a couple of games. Just specify one or two you're interested in and what Dolphin revision.
Also, the g++ compiling thing is very likely just due to my RAM .. 4 GB minus the 1 GB that firefox, and then I also don't have any dedicated video memory.. hence I quickly run out of RAM when the linker kicks in