If it's Windows Image Backup, it might take a bit longer especially if there's lots of small files. If it's a dumb block-for-block copy, it'll probably be limited only by the speed of the destination drive.
Hmm. It does use NTFS shadow copies, but I'm not too familiar with how it reads the data from the disk. Open Task Manager to see what the bottleneck is? What version of Windows?
okay so if I put win10 on a hard drive and boot that, then plug two hard drives in, one source one destination... the source hard drive is an SSD and would need a SATA-USB3 adaptor(capable of 5GB/s), then run macrium, I should see the bottlenecks in task manager I suppose
@barlop Is there any other content on the drive? The beginning of the drive is faster than the end of the drive, and file fragmentation will not help, even though this is just sequential I/O.
@barlop It's probably a single-threaded workload, so it won't make the processor run very hot, but you'll probably notice a fair amount of heat from the vent nonetheless.
If you're planning to upgrade, be sure to look for 10th Gen Intel Core or 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen. The latest Intel processors are miles away from these old chips; AMD's latest mobile processors are no slouch, either.
I wouldn't recommend anything 7th gen Intel or earlier, and you might want to avoid even 8th gen processors because the 10th gen chips are in a totally different league.
Most laptops aren't designed for upgradability these days. A gaming laptop is more likely to meet your requirements, but I'm not sure you're using it for gaming.
Are you actually planning on upgrading now, getting a new machine within the next few months, or keeping your current machine running for longer than that?
It's sad that today's laptops are a lot harder to service than they used to.
At least battery life, both runtime on a charge and long-term service life, has improved dramatically, so you no longer have batteries failing anywhere near as soon as they used to.
Unfortunately, yes, unless you get a specialized high-performance model. The focus is all on thin and light these days.
FWIW, if you take good care of a battery (e.g. keep it between 20% and 80%, avoid extreme temperatures or prolonged operation with the battery full or empty), it can last you a very long time.
I'd say five years is doable with appropriate care.
It also helps that today's laptops sip power, and the latest generation of USB technology has enabled portable battery packs that can power laptops.
Even ThinkPads have gotten a lot harder to service than they used to be.
You're going to have to spend a substantial premium on something like the HP ZBook 15 to get something easy to service.
@barlop Your processor is going to be the limiting factor on this sort of system configuration. It won't be unreasonably slow for everyday use, but newer systems will be significantly more responsive thanks to new technologies like Intel Speed Shift Technology, while also delivering substantially better battery life in far slimmer and lighter form factors.
It's easy to get used to carrying a 6+ lb laptop at first, but my current laptop is less than 3 lb and I'm not going back.
Because the modern smartphone can do the vast majority of what people do "in the field". Unless your system is intended for gaming or heavy-duty workstation applications, big and heavy is the exception, not the norm.
And even gaming laptops and mobile workstations have slimmed down dramatically in the last few years.
Just try using any laptop with an 8th gen or newer Intel Core processor (or a 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Mobile processor) for a few days. The difference will be eye-opening.
for an easily upgradable laptop, you just need a decent way to attach screen and keyboard with a hinge and some standard batteries. And standard interface between motherboard and battery.
then you should be able to just stick the motherboard in there. And with some standardization on CPU placement near a fan vent.
FWIW... more often than not, modern high-performance SSDs are little more than small circuit boards 22x80mm in size. They're thin enough to fit in thin-and-light laptops, yet fast enough for high-end desktops.
Speaking of which... my next laptop is likely to be a fair bit bigger and heavier than my current HP ENVY x360 13. But that's probably at least two years away ;p
@JourneymanGeek @JourneymanGeek windows remote desktop? one issue i have with windows remote desktop is if a computer is overloaded with stuff on it then it could crash when logging off and on.. whereas something like VNC would be far less invasive, but VNC would be no good for viewing a video
These days, the focus is on external docking and expansion via USB-C and Thunderbolt. Internal expansion cards and bays are no longer common on laptops.
A small form factor computer with UPS.. connected to a screen like I linked to, and keyboard with integrated touchpad would work well.. and be super uprgadable
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