ThumperTM any chance of creating a sub-forum for this topic As CPU based on thinner silicon wafers continue to be developed, that means less power requirements and therefore less heat and thermal related issues. That means you can pack a lot into a small case. I'd like to see if that is a current or future topic our members would be interested in. Add into that the continuing emergence of SAS and more and more functions including AI move to "the cloud" requirements will change from past needs.
Future systems will have emphasis place on who knows exactly what but with the exception of gaming and simulation systems, the giant boxes of today continue to fade away. Laptops (with the exception of those super expensive workstations) are definitely more useful than they were 5 years ago. There will still be a need to fill in the bridge between those environments. Storage of mass quantities of data for example. Laptops as they move to solid state storage media, very expensive, yet reliable in a mobile environment. Unless you move to a subscription cloud based storage that you trust is secure it requires some kind of magnetic storage, 3 1/' desktop drives being the most reliable. They can be attached via an outboard array with RAID or not via a very fast USB 3 connection owner can move or archived individual drives at will.
So with all those compelling reasons I would like to see a hardware discussion of brands, models, CPUs used and most important member's experiences as this field continues to develop. I suspect monitor discussions as they relate to the topic would be helpful and topic related.
So T what do you think, worth the trouble?
Future systems will have emphasis place on who knows exactly what but with the exception of gaming and simulation systems, the giant boxes of today continue to fade away. Laptops (with the exception of those super expensive workstations) are definitely more useful than they were 5 years ago. There will still be a need to fill in the bridge between those environments. Storage of mass quantities of data for example. Laptops as they move to solid state storage media, very expensive, yet reliable in a mobile environment. Unless you move to a subscription cloud based storage that you trust is secure it requires some kind of magnetic storage, 3 1/' desktop drives being the most reliable. They can be attached via an outboard array with RAID or not via a very fast USB 3 connection owner can move or archived individual drives at will.
So with all those compelling reasons I would like to see a hardware discussion of brands, models, CPUs used and most important member's experiences as this field continues to develop. I suspect monitor discussions as they relate to the topic would be helpful and topic related.
So T what do you think, worth the trouble?
