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Hi, I have a MacBook Pro from 2011 with these specs, 13.3"/2.3 i5/2x2GB/320-5400. My main use is Internet browsing and seeing online movies, youtube, etc. The thing is that I open multiple tabs and use them at the same time and this causes speed reduction, lag, sometimes it crashes the safari and it also heats the computer a lot. I´m thinking of buying a new laptop(Windows) so my questions are,

What is used by the computer for this kind of activity (multiple pages with lots of things going on)?(RAM, Cache,processor power...)

What kind of laptop would help me solve this problem?(Gaming, Workstation or a Ultrabook)

And finaly, since I live in Brazil (a very warm place), can this high temperatures be causing the performance reduction? what is a good laptop cooler? (thoug when I turn the laptop on and its still cold, it takes much longer then it used to for me to for the whole thing to start)

Thank you very much and sory for my lack of knowledge

 

Before buying new hardware you might just want to switch browsers.

 

I think that cleaning the heatsink, maybe changing thermal interface material if you are up to it, upgrading the RAM to 8GB, and re-installing the OS (or at least trying a different browser like ComradeQuestion said) would solve your problems.

 

Got it. But since im changing for window and dont want to instal it in my mac, im going to buy a new one. So what kind of hardware is used for this tasks?

 

In that case I would post here:
What Notebook Should I Buy? - A Laptop Buyers Guide

 

Sure thing, just wanted to know some more about the hardware needed to ask a beter question there. Maybe i said to much here

 

It doesn't take much. Almost any current processor with integrated graphics will do just fine along with 8GB of RAM.

 

Well just how many windows do you have open, and at what resolution? If you open enough you can eventually slow down and/or crash any computer. I can open 25 video windows, and play maybe 10 at full resolution before stability becomes an issue. But again, that varies with resolution.

But even with 120 total tabs open plus Dreamweaver its only 7.5GB of ram, so that really isn't an issue. Your CPU on the other hand will certainly see increased use.

 

I have usualy about 20, and all kinds of things (facebook, email, youtube, online streaming and a few HD films). For my new laptop I was searching for something like i7 4710 processor, 16GB RAM and 264-512GB SSD. But there are just so many options! I really need a guideline for what kind of laptop I should go for. Gaming, Workstation or Ultrabook

 

My Core 2 Duo with 8GB of RAM does all of that without breaking a sweat. A quad-core Haswell i7 with 16GB of RAM will have no problem. For what you want, you can go for any laptop you want, really. It doesn't matter as long as you don't get a netbook or something like that. Just make sure it has at least 8GB of RAM.

 

Try replacing Safari with Chrome and likely you will get what you need with the laptop you own. It is very decent even now. You may need to upgrade to 8GB RAM though. But I think you can do this. Cheaper than a new laptop.

 

As it's been said, clean the heatsink, that should already help. I would also backup all important data and do a clean install of OS X while you're at it. Just that should help, trying a different browser couldn't hurt either. Find the one that floats your boat, I'm personally not a fan of chrome, so firefox is what I'd go for. Before I would have said Opera, but since they changed their engine to google's, it's basically chrome with an Opera skin.

One thing about firefox, if you go nuts with the add-ons, this could also cause slowdowns.

 

+1

And for the love of universe, dump the 5400rpm spinner and put in an SSD, they are outrageously affordable nowadays.

 

The i7 are optioned for extreme computing. So you won't need to go there unless that's simply your choice. Even an economy CPU can handle what you've listed.

When choosing a system, its best to let your applications make your choice. Editing for example is an extreme use. So if you have or plan on getting the Adobe Creative Cloud for example, you'd need a heavy duty CPU.

Even so, depending on the complexity of your edits, you many sitll do fine with just under an i7 cpu. Now that your applications have gotten you this far, now its up to you to make the final fine tuning selection.

 

I see what you guys mean and I couldnt agree more. The only thing is that Im switching back to windows to run some programs thas OS cant. Most of the time I browse the web but sometimes for college I need some CAD and Arena programs to run. I wanna get a laptop with high specs because that would mean it will take longer to get outdated.

With that in mind, what kind of laptop should I go for?

PS: I dont know a lot about computers so I´ve been researching and found out this specs to be the best for a laptop that I can spend the next 5+ years with:
Processor i7 4700s, 4800s or 4900s
DRAM 16GB DDR3
mSATA 256-512GB SSD if posible separated to do a RAID 0
WLAN 802.11 AC dualband
GPU with GDDR5 but not necesseraly the best avaible, just with the switch from integrated to dedicated

 

With a goal of having the new system in use for 5+ years, my advice is to buy as much computer as you can afford.

See:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...ween-i5-i7-cpu-my-new-laptop.html#post9890687


With the additional recommendation to forget RAID0 (unless you're editing/creating/moving/copying 4K video) and to ensure that you over provision 'OP' your new SSD by ~30% right from first use (Anandtech recommends at least 25% too).

With this consideration you want at least a 480/512GB SSD or larger for your O/S drive. I currently leave 150GB for the C: drive and the rest I partition for data.

To make this a concrete example:

Assuming a 512GB drive size:

512x1000,000,000 = 512,000,000,000 bytes (nominal/advertised size).

512,000,000,000/1024/1024/1024 = ~476GB actual capacity available.

476.8372 x 0.70 = ~333GB total usable capacity with 30% OP.

333 - 150 = ~183GB available for DATA and 150GB available for the O/S and Programs.


If you're able (within your budget) to jump to the next series of processor (4800 series over the 4700 series, for example) while also keeping at least 16GB RAM in the system, do so.

Good luck.