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Hi all - looking for some advice please..
I am stuggling to find a clear answer on this, apologies in advance if this has already been covered. I'm a college lecturer and am going to be teaching Power BI online to my students.
I've been a mac user for 20+ years, but need to buy a half-decent PC to run PBI.
I understand that 8GB RAM is suggested but 16GB recommended ( I've tried running it on a borrowed PC with 4GB and it fails miserably.. )... doesn't help that when screen sharing with 25 students it slows down even more....
1) does anyone have experience using PBI on a Surface Pro X? - the portability appeals to me, but there seem to be differing opinions on how well it works ( if at all ) with the ARM processor
Many thanks in advance
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@rikweightman I have a Surface Pro 7 with 16GB of memory and Power BI runs great on it. Would have to believe the X would be even better/faster. And I screen share and do all that as well with it while using Power BI.
@Greg_Deckler - my word that was quick!!
Thanks ever so much... you've just cost me £1300!!! 😂
But seriously, much appreciated for the reply... I shall now go shopping
Regards, Rik
@rikweightman I have a Surface Pro 7 with 16GB of memory and Power BI runs great on it. Would have to believe the X would be even better/faster. And I screen share and do all that as well with it while using Power BI.
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