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To: fireman15
We paid $500 for it was brand new and the Ryzen 7 8840U is far more capable by every measure than the i7-1185g7. This is especially true when you compare the AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics to the integrated Iris Xe graphics. I have three computers with three different generations of Ryzen processors the capabilities of the integrated graphics in all of them have amazed me.

Those graphics are 7104 passmark and the Intel G7 Iris XE is about 1800. Check display properties in Windows 11 for her laptop. I will bet the refresh rate is at least 100hz. It might have high NITS too....... Actually internet says 300NITS. My cheap Jack Latitude is 400NITS for use outdoors under shade.

97 posted on 06/28/2025 7:13:14 PM PDT by dennisw (πŸ’―πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’―)
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To: dennisw

We are both perfectly happy with it. Most of our laptops do not have especially bright displays.


98 posted on 06/28/2025 7:35:37 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: dennisw

And I am happy that you are pleased with your laptop.


99 posted on 06/28/2025 7:43:17 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: dennisw

I am currently installing Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC on my “travel laptop”. “It is an ancient Lenovo G560 from 2010. The original case basically fell apart. I had upgraded the processor to an Intel Core i5-520M and increased the memory to 8GB of DDR-3 memory. When I migrated to a better case that I salvaged from an identical but screwed up model from eBay, I added a new 500GB SSD. This gave it lots of extra pep and I added the full complement of Microsoft Office programs to it, along with some imaging editing software and Ubuntu Studio in a dual boot setup. I also added a dual USB3 PCMIA card long ago which greatly speeds up imaging the SSD hard drive. It also has a physical DVD writer that can be used to boot from Hyren’s boot CD/DVD.

Most of the value is in the effort that I have invested in keeping the old gal going. If it gets lost or damaged on a trip it will be no big deal... but to me it is worth the effort to upgrade the OS to one where I will continue to receive security updates.

I just finished imaging the hard drive to a USB3 flash drive. Now I am going to modify the registry and then install the new OS from the USB Drive. I will let you know how this goes on this ancient (15 year old) laptop which originally came with Windows 7.


100 posted on 06/28/2025 8:05:35 PM PDT by fireman15
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