Looking for a trading laptop

[Xerxes]

Is anyone using Prorealtime on an LG Gram?

My trading template consists of four charts at different timeframes, two of which contain several custom indicators and several thousand bars. The other two have only a couple of hundred bars and no indicators. I also switch between different issues occasionally and need the switch to happen with reasonable speed (sub-second).

All of this runs perfectly on my small desktop computer but I was surprised to find it quite sluggish and laggy on my M1 MacBook Air (which is a faster machine on paper). I had already decided I need a portable machine with a larger screen, hence my interest in the LG Gram.

 

[AntonL-IG]

Hi @Xerxes,

I have never used ProRealTime on a M1 MacBook Air but looking at the specifications it appears as though it should work fine.

ProRealTime has a built in tool where you can test the performance of the device, to access this tool go to help->computer performance, then click on "close platform and scan on next launch" This should give you some idea on why the platform feels sluggish. 

Another thing you can try which in the past improved the performance on some older machines was to disable 3d chart effects and anti aliasing. You can find this setting under settings->workspaces->colors & effects. The charts won't be as pretty but it should be much faster.

Hope this helps!

[Xerxes]

11 hours ago, AntonL-IG said:

Hi @Xerxes,

I have never used ProRealTime on a M1 MacBook Air but looking at the specifications it appears as though it should work fine.

ProRealTime has a built in tool where you can test the performance of the device, to access this tool go to help->computer performance, then click on "close platform and scan on next launch" This should give you some idea on why the platform feels sluggish. 

Another thing you can try which in the past improved the performance on some older machines was to disable 3d chart effects and anti aliasing. You can find this setting under settings->workspaces->colors & effects. The charts won't be as pretty but it should be much faster.

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks @AntonL-IG. I'll try that out tomorrow.