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You can also just get a used laptop that's 3-4 years old with 8-16gb of ram, and SSD, and some i7 or equivalent CPU for $300. They're insanely fast. Used laptop
by winrid 3y ago
You can also just get a used laptop that's 3-4 years old with 8-16gb of ram, and SSD, and some i7 or equivalent CPU for $300. They're insanely fast. Used laptops are dirt cheap. You can then just sell it after a few years and get another 3-year-old used one. Still great use of resources.
- d3w4s9 3y ago"insanely fast" Benchmark please. You know what? You can get a new laptop with the latest i3 that is way faster than a 4 year old i7 for a little more than that, and it comes with a warranty. Yes, warranty is actually useful for many people. And most Windows laptops are worth little after 3 years, so this $300 laptop probably is only good for donations after a few more years. (If you have any questions, check out reviews, benchmarks and eBay. I speak from my own experience.)
- winrid 3y agoI'd have to check benchmarks, but my 2018 $300 X1 Carbon with an I7 can play ten YouTube videos at once while having Webstorm, Pycharm, and Clion be responsive.
- winrid 3y agoGoing by benchmarks, this seems to be true [0], which isn't too suprising, however once you select 16gb of ram and a 1TB SSD the prices get closer to $500... [0] https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8850H-vs-Intel-Core-i3-13100F/m485626vs4143 https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8850H-vs...
- rjsw 3y agoA refurbished Lenovo T495 is well within the price stated and feels fast enough to me.