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You don't need $1700 for a laptop to develop on. Especially if it's going to be Linux-based. Get an SSD, a midrange CPU, and 8 gigs of RAM. The rest is totally

by NateDad 14y ago

You don't need $1700 for a laptop to develop on. Especially if it's going to be Linux-based. Get an SSD, a midrange CPU, and 8 gigs of RAM. The rest is totally personal preference and has no real impact on development. What hardware you're running is almost completely irrelevant for most development jobs.

derrida 14y ago
Agree... I have an i5, 8gb of ram with an SSD for $500. Save the $1200. Look for Thinkpads on Ebay & just buy the SSD and extra RAM separately. 4gb of ram is $20 at my local store.
- krenel 14y ago
  I recommend you to buy the SSD and the extra memory at Crucial. The price is very competitive and the hardware very good. I have both 8 gigs of memory and 128 SSD and I'm very happy with it. The other think, that is a personal preference, is the size of the keyboard and the keys. There are some laptops that have a small size of a key and this is not the best kind for programing. The Lenovo keyboard are one of the best out there (well, in MO, but it's the opinion of a lot Lenovo owners) and you shuld really give it a shot. I recommend you the series X of Lenovo and the X230[1] if you want a small but powerful laptop (12.5''). This is the one I'm using and I'm very happy with it. And if you want something bigger take a look at the X1 Carbon[2]. If you buy the SSD and the extra memory in Curcial instead of Lenovo you will save some bucks. [1] http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=42D5009B1EABB377BFC4965EE083D306 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo... [2] http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=0E6E3D0084869C3EB4172DA2F965A301 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...
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factorialboy 14y ago
A criteria for me would be a good display resolution
- NateDad 14y ago
  It would be for me too, but that's mostly personal preference. I like the biggest damn screen I can get so I can fit more code on it (my home laptop is an 18.4" 1920x1080). But you can code just fine on a generic 13" screen, too, you'll just scroll more. (and my home laptop never travels, so it doesn't matter that it's a billion pounds).
xarien 14y ago
Yep, I completely agree. Don't buy into the hype. The one thing that I do recommend is to have a keyboard you like, those are much harder to swap out. Everything else is easy to find on the mid / low end including usb 3 ports. My setup (Lenovo) with a 256g Samsung 830 (same drive in macs) and 8 gigs of ram running on a second gen i5 cost about $650 and that was a year ago.

by NateDad 14y ago

derrida 14y ago

Agree... I have an i5, 8gb of ram with an SSD for $500. Save the $1200. Look for Thinkpads on Ebay & just buy the SSD and extra RAM separately. 4gb of ram is $20 at my local store.

krenel 14y ago
I recommend you to buy the SSD and the extra memory at Crucial. The price is very competitive and the hardware very good. I have both 8 gigs of memory and 128 SSD and I'm very happy with it. The other think, that is a personal preference, is the size of the keyboard and the keys. There are some laptops that have a small size of a key and this is not the best kind for programing. The Lenovo keyboard are one of the best out there (well, in MO, but it's the opinion of a lot Lenovo owners) and you shuld really give it a shot. I recommend you the series X of Lenovo and the X230[1] if you want a small but powerful laptop (12.5''). This is the one I'm using and I'm very happy with it. And if you want something bigger take a look at the X1 Carbon[2]. If you buy the SSD and the extra memory in Curcial instead of Lenovo you will save some bucks. [1] http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=42D5009B1EABB377BFC4965EE083D306 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo... [2] http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=0E6E3D0084869C3EB4172DA2F965A301 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...

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factorialboy 14y ago

A criteria for me would be a good display resolution

NateDad 14y ago
It would be for me too, but that's mostly personal preference. I like the biggest damn screen I can get so I can fit more code on it (my home laptop is an 18.4" 1920x1080). But you can code just fine on a generic 13" screen, too, you'll just scroll more. (and my home laptop never travels, so it doesn't matter that it's a billion pounds).

xarien 14y ago

Yep, I completely agree. Don't buy into the hype. The one thing that I do recommend is to have a keyboard you like, those are much harder to swap out. Everything else is easy to find on the mid / low end including usb 3 ports. My setup (Lenovo) with a 256g Samsung 830 (same drive in macs) and 8 gigs of ram running on a second gen i5 cost about $650 and that was a year ago.