Laptop for programming and personal use?
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mikejohn12
Newbie
- Jul 16, 2017
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i would suggest you to add $79 more and get this one
Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4
i5-7200U
8GB RAM
256GB SSD
15.6 inch FHD display
2GB Nvidia GeForce 940MX GPU
- Apr 27, 2017
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Mate: This is an investment. Buy MacBook Air and you will never regret. Trust me.
rafark
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- Jan 15, 2013
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It depends on what kinf of programs and for which plattforms your going to develop. Pretty much any computer will do the job unless it's a plattform specific program like an iPhone application. In any case, I agree that developing in a Mac Is a joy (unix in general performs better than windows for this situations)
- Sep 10, 2010
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It depends on the kind of programming language/usage. If you are going for an open source language like Java/PHP/Python/Ruby and so on.. I recommend you a computer with atleast 8 gb of RAM (overkill? Not quite. Needed for the IDE, not the environment itself), and a processor more than 2ghz. If you build a desktop, this configuration will be pretty cheap anyway.. Mention your usage type and I will tell you what exactly I think you need.
Trololololo
Newbie
- Oct 14, 2015
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For programming get a lot of RAM (16GB+) an SSD and a decent CPU. The more lines of code you can fit on one screen the better, so make sure you have a high vertical screen resolution.
decoder.co
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- May 17, 2017
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tried all macs .. I just can't get used to them ... worst of all is aluminum palmrest so I have to put stickers 
.. tried couple more models - dell 9550 - asus zenbook - mi
Anyway .. always back to one an only - thinkpad - X1 !
.. tried couple more models - dell 9550 - asus zenbook - miAnyway .. always back to one an only - thinkpad - X1
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