rudirautenbach
Senior Member
My IT department is about to purchase me a replacement notebook, and I would like to make a recommendation to them insofar as the specification goes.
I use my notebook primarily for opening, viewing and editing LARGE (>3Mb) Word 2007 documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Powerpoint Presentations. It should be noted that more often than not I have 2-3 of the size Word 2007 docs open, plus a couple of spreadsheets and the odd presentation. I prepare all marketing documentation for our firm which includes proposals, brochures, flyers and letters, often copying sections between documents, so I need to have them all open.
I also use Adobe Acrobat Pro to make "smart" PDF's, and sometimes assembling a single PDF from 20-30 Office Documents. This could take very long on a basic machine, and time is something I do not always have.
Could I please have some idea of the specs for a machine (notably the processor (Core2Duo or Quad?), RAM and GPU (if it makes a difference).
I might be limited to HP but lets see what our IT guys will say. My budget is no more than R18K.
I use my notebook primarily for opening, viewing and editing LARGE (>3Mb) Word 2007 documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Powerpoint Presentations. It should be noted that more often than not I have 2-3 of the size Word 2007 docs open, plus a couple of spreadsheets and the odd presentation. I prepare all marketing documentation for our firm which includes proposals, brochures, flyers and letters, often copying sections between documents, so I need to have them all open.
I also use Adobe Acrobat Pro to make "smart" PDF's, and sometimes assembling a single PDF from 20-30 Office Documents. This could take very long on a basic machine, and time is something I do not always have.
Could I please have some idea of the specs for a machine (notably the processor (Core2Duo or Quad?), RAM and GPU (if it makes a difference).
I might be limited to HP but lets see what our IT guys will say. My budget is no more than R18K.