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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   Thank you so much for this response. Completely agree with everything you're saying. I was getting quite sad about the other responses. It feels a lot like survivorship bias to me. Kinda like "I suffered through this, so others sh
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   This is actually a pretty cool idea. Unfortunately they only have 8 gigs RAM, not sure why, maybe there are multiple configs.
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   I think the alternative is buying proper laptops for about 1000$. Let's say they're good for about 4 years, that's $250 per participant (it's a yearly course). Definitely in the budget. It's just that my boss thinks
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   Thanks for your suggestion. I think not using an IDE isn't the best idea, since then they've never used it when they start their first job. They're complete beginners. While I agree it's important to understand the funda
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   No, unfortunately no SSD. I think that's the main problem actually. The courses are government funded, so people without programming background. > Learning to make do with older, limited hardware can be a very educational and even e
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   Thanks for your suggestions. I think the main problem is actually the lack of an SSD. Opening programs, files and compiling takes just forever. I showed this to my boss but he just thinks it's not a big deal.
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   I don't know, without an SSD, I think it's going to be quite a pain. I don't think upgrading 10 year old models makes sense economically.
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   by hnthrow12345 5y ago

   Thanks for the suggestions!
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   Ask HN: Help, my boss wants to us to use laptops from 2011 for development

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