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I tried that before, but it’s not very clean, is it? That way, I still need to deal with “Windows”. And I think laptops with 32gb of RAM are too expensive for

I tried that before, but it’s not very clean, is it? That way, I still need to deal with “Windows”. And I think laptops with 32gb of RAM are too expensive for me.

waynesonfire 3y ago
> I think laptops with 32gb of RAM are too expensive for me. ram is cheap. brand new things are too expensive. check ebay.
comprev 3y ago
Depending on your budget I recently picked up a refurbished Thinkpad T580 with i7 / 32GB / 512GB for under €500. My first thinkpad and so far very impressed...
- meatjuice 3y ago
  I’m probably going to buy Thinkpad (I’ve been thinking this as the only option before I open this thread, actually). I was talking about Thinkpad X13 Gen 4, but yours seems to be better in terms of cost. I don’t really like numerical pads, though.
prmoustache 3y ago
I paid 350€ for my Thinkpad E580 with i7 and 32GB of ram. Having said that my attempt to bear a corporate windows on a corporate laptop with WSL2 was terrible and I ended up installing linux on it and using the online version of office 365. I would run Linux as a host OS and a windows VM for anything specific to windows. There are ways to share filesystems nowadays.
barryrandall 3y ago
I don't know about the aesthetics, but it's "mostly reliable." It still breaks in undocumented and opaque ways from time to time, but that's life in the Windows ecosystem.
beeboobaa 3y ago
Upgrade the ram yourself. It's usually easy. Check a youtube video before buying to make sure the laptop design isn't hostile.
ActorNightly 3y ago
I dunno what you mean by "deal". You just install the required programs on it from your school, vscode and a chrome browser, and leave it alone. You dont have to manage it apart from occasional restarts for updates. Whenever you wanna develop, just launch VSCode. Once you are done with school, just install linux in it fully.

I tried that before, but it’s not very clean, is it? That way, I still need to deal with “Windows”. And I think laptops with 32gb of RAM are too expensive for me.

waynesonfire 3y ago

> I think laptops with 32gb of RAM are too expensive for me. ram is cheap. brand new things are too expensive. check ebay.

comprev 3y ago

Depending on your budget I recently picked up a refurbished Thinkpad T580 with i7 / 32GB / 512GB for under €500. My first thinkpad and so far very impressed...

meatjuice 3y ago
I’m probably going to buy Thinkpad (I’ve been thinking this as the only option before I open this thread, actually). I was talking about Thinkpad X13 Gen 4, but yours seems to be better in terms of cost. I don’t really like numerical pads, though.

prmoustache 3y ago

I paid 350€ for my Thinkpad E580 with i7 and 32GB of ram. Having said that my attempt to bear a corporate windows on a corporate laptop with WSL2 was terrible and I ended up installing linux on it and using the online version of office 365. I would run Linux as a host OS and a windows VM for anything specific to windows. There are ways to share filesystems nowadays.

barryrandall 3y ago

I don't know about the aesthetics, but it's "mostly reliable." It still breaks in undocumented and opaque ways from time to time, but that's life in the Windows ecosystem.

beeboobaa 3y ago

Upgrade the ram yourself. It's usually easy. Check a youtube video before buying to make sure the laptop design isn't hostile.

ActorNightly 3y ago

I dunno what you mean by "deal". You just install the required programs on it from your school, vscode and a chrome browser, and leave it alone. You dont have to manage it apart from occasional restarts for updates. Whenever you wanna develop, just launch VSCode. Once you are done with school, just install linux in it fully.