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Greetings:
I’ve been researching whether or not a Samsung NC10 would work for me, but I still have outstanding questions I hope current owners can answer.
My typical remote use of a laptop/netbook would be to use an SSH client (we use Tectia from ssh.com) with anywhere from 10 to 30 SSH client’s open (each SSH client, based on task manager memory usage shows 7,140K of RAM being used and there is a main one in addition to the clients that uses 8,680K of RAM).
In addition to the SSH clients, I also run FireFox (typically two running with 8 to 9 tabs open in the one, and up to 32 tabs in the other one).
During that time I may have two note pads open along with one Microsoft Word document, and one Microsoft Excel document.
Is that something the Samsung NC10 (upgraded to 2 GB of RAM) could handle?
Thank you.
haven’t tried quite that many tabs, but with the 2gb ram, it’s handling multiple IE windows with multiple tabs without lagging so far. I ran a photoshop CS3 and it ran fine with several IE windows open. That won’t tell you how it would do with what you described, but just my 2 cents.
Apart from minor usability issues regarding to the small screen all of your stuff should run just fine.
If I’m correct you’re asking if the NC10 can handle the following simultaneously… (worst case scenario)
30 SSH clients open
Up to 40 firefox tabs
Two notepad files
One instance of Microsoft Word
One instance of Microsoft ExcelContradictory to the previous answers I feel the NC10 will struggle and may become unresponsive with the programs you mention. I’ve noticed decreases in performance with 20+ Firefox tabs and I have upgraded to 2gb RAM. However, it will depend on many things (like Flash content on the websites).
I also think you will really struggle with the resolution of the NC10 screen using that many programs. It will be difficult to navigate between them and work effectively.
I have never run that much at once. But I have been running Vis Studio, Chrome, and Open Office all at once and found it very comfortable.
I had low expectations of the NC10 but have always been suprised by it’s ability to handle the apps I require. I wouldn’t want to make any promises.
Greetings:
If it matters, my work desktop is a Dell XPS, dual core, 2.40 Ghz, 2 GB RAM running Windows XP Pro.
From relooking at things, I was comparing my daily work use (i.e. at office, during security patch day were I’m updating a hundred or so servers with customer notifications of what is being updated).
If I change my thinking to pure travel use (i.e. vacation, business conference), then I would probably only be dealing with emergency help where I might need 1 to 10 SSH sessions, 1 to 3 Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) sessions, 2 to 3 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (separate), and one FireFox Browser (probably 9 tabs). The SSH and RDP would most likely not be at the same time; and in a worse case, SSH clients could be limited to 1 to 3 (rather than capping at 10).
Would that then work?
Are there any types of calculators on the market where you could put in common applications (and potentially the memory they take on your current computer) to see if they fit within a RAM cap?
Thank you.
P.S. Would I need to upgrade the Samsung NC10 to Windows XP Pro to be able to have *** outgoing *** RDP sessions? And if so, where can one purchase XP Pro upgrades?
where can one purchase XP Pro upgrades?
Google
but most likely ebay is your best bet, OEM versions will be a lot cheaper.
[quote1235667126=dynamicnet]Are there any types of calculators on the market where you could put in common applications (and potentially the memory they take on your current computer) to see if they fit within a RAM cap?[/quote1235667126]
It would probably be easier to run the programs on your desktop computer and see how much memory is being used. As the NC10 supports 2GB which is what you have in your desktop I don’t think the amount of RAM will be an issue.If it is going to be slow it is likely to be the fault of the processor and to a certain extent the hard drive. Then again I don’t think any of those things will be particularly processor intensive.
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