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Laptop that can run multiple MT4 instances?

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 21, 2015 4:28pm Oct 21, 2015 4:28pm
Hi,

i need to buy a windows laptop that can run from three to five MT4 instances.
I will be using the same EA on every instance with no indicator on chart.

Right now i'm working on a 2010 Macbook Pro running Windows (booted windows, no parallel desktop or similar)
128GB SSD
2GB Ram
Intel core Duo 2 2.4 GHZ

One MT4 instance running the EA on one chart is using:
83.104KB of memory
0.85 CPU average

I want to spend the least possible money.
Would $300/400 be enough?

Thanks,

theBlues
  • #2
  • Oct 21, 2015 4:47pm Oct 21, 2015 4:47pm
Just curious , How do you know that data that exactly?

"One MT4 instance running the EA on one chart is using:
83.104KB of memory
0.85 CPU average"
  • #3
  • Oct 21, 2015 4:53pm Oct 21, 2015 4:53pm
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...n-task-manager
  • #4
  • Oct 21, 2015 4:57pm Oct 21, 2015 4:57pm
Thanks. Something new learned today.
  • #5
  • Oct 21, 2015 5:29pm Oct 21, 2015 5:29pm
Yeah, i should get paid for sharing these pearls of wisdom.
  • #6
  • Oct 21, 2015 5:56pm Oct 21, 2015 5:56pm
... anyway... Im using this laptop:

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64 based PC), IE 11.00, 4 x Intel Core i5 M 460 @ 2.53GHz, RAM: 2080 / 3893 Mb, HDD: 44815 / 452295 Mb

running two Mt4 at the same time, no eas. It cost me 2 years ago (i think) 800 Euros. Maybe this can help you.

Good luck.
  • #7
  • Oct 21, 2015 6:02pm Oct 21, 2015 6:02pm
Quoting loureed10
... anyway... Im using this laptop: Windows 7 Home Premium (x64 based PC), IE 11.00, 4 x Intel Core i5 M 460 @ 2.53GHz, RAM: 2080 / 3893 Mb, HDD: 44815 / 452295 Mb running two Mt4 at the same time, no eas. It cost me 2 years ago (i think) 800 Euros. Maybe this can help you. Good luck.
Is this the RAM usage/total RAM?
  • #8
  • Oct 21, 2015 6:08pm Oct 21, 2015 6:08pm
Total RAM 4 GB, 3,80 usable.

Its a HP Pavilion dv3.
  • #9
  • Oct 21, 2015 6:22pm Oct 21, 2015 6:22pm
That's clear, thank you.

The fact is that all the low end PCs that they sell now have the Intel Celeron chip, which is slower than the Intel Core Duo 2 mounted on my Macbook.
I'm pretty sure that the Celeron could handle multiple MT4 instances.

Can someone confirm?
  • #10
  • Oct 22, 2015 5:45am Oct 22, 2015 5:45am
Set processor affinity to 1 for each instance, if possible use different processor for each. Works better that way. I am running 3-4 mt4's on an Intel Atom (asus t100 1st gen) without issues, a Celeron is much more powerful. Just can't handle some indicators which draw more than 1k lines on each template (ie market profile for 100 days or so) - this might be due to ram too, only 2g.
  • #11
  • Oct 22, 2015 8:52am Oct 22, 2015 8:52am
Quoting sakisf
Set processor affinity to 1 for each instance, if possible use different processor for each. Works better that way. I am running 3-4 mt4's on an Intel Atom (asus t100 1st gen) without issues, a Celeron is much more powerful. Just can't handle some indicators which draw more than 1k lines on each template (ie market profile for 100 days or so) - this might be due to ram too, only 2g.
Good to know, thank you.
I'll buy one of those $300 Acer/Asus/HP
  • #12
  • Oct 22, 2015 9:05am Oct 22, 2015 9:05am
Quoting theBlues
Hi, i need to buy a windows laptop that can run from three to five MT4 instances. I will be using the same EA on every instance with no indicator on chart. Right now i'm working on a 2010 Macbook Pro running Windows (booted windows, no parallel desktop or similar) 128GB SSD 2GB Ram Intel core Duo 2 2.4 GHZ One MT4 instance running the EA on one chart is using: 83.104KB of memory 0.85 CPU average I want to spend the least possible money. Would $300/400 be enough? Thanks, theBlues
Should be approx. 350,- http://www.pcworld.com/product/14080...rgy-star-.html
It's a pure "leave it on the desk" machine, not comparable to the stability of your MacBook, but for trading it's a good one, and silent.
  • #13
  • Last Post: Oct 22, 2015 9:18am Oct 22, 2015 9:18am
Quoting theBlues
Hi, i need to buy a windows laptop that can run from three to five MT4 instances. I will be using the same EA on every instance with no indicator on chart. Right now i'm working on a 2010 Macbook Pro running Windows (booted windows, no parallel desktop or similar) 128GB SSD 2GB Ram Intel core Duo 2 2.4 GHZ One MT4 instance running the EA on one chart is using: 83.104KB of memory 0.85 CPU average I want to spend the least possible money. Would $300/400 be enough? Thanks, theBlues
You don't need to buy a new laptop. Just ugrade ram in your macbook to 4gb. I have similar macbook upgraded to 4gb ram (max ram suported) runing the latest mac os, and it runs three instances of crossover hosted mt4 without any trouble. If you run mt4 natively on windows, i am pretty sure you can run up to 5 instances. My latest Dell desktop with 12 gb ram can run more than 10 instances. If you buy the latest laptop with more than 8gb ram, you also can run 10+ Instances i believe.
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