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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
trønderen31-Jul-22 3:51 
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
trønderen2-Aug-22 13:17 
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 
GeneralRe: What does the scale represent? Pin
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 
GeneralRe: Keyboard Layout for taptops Pin
Andrea Simonassi28-Jul-22 22:49
Andrea Simonassi28-Jul-22 22:49 
Agree.

Once upon a time I had a laptop having "shutdown" key where you usually have the "go to end of line" key...

As a result I shut down computer each time i wanted to go to end of a line in code editor... for a month.

Keyboard layout is first thing i look when need a laptop to actually code.
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
MikeCO1026-Jul-22 2:48 

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