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Laptop for programming (continuation of last thread)
| > 500 vs 5000
This is a very cruel moment to think about budget and how you manage it.
| also I'm first-year student so it's not like I will be doing any big software project in next two years or something
| I definitely would not buy the 5000 if it's just going to be for basic programming. Unless you are emulating something (like Android or iPhone apps), I don't see any reason why you'd need a high price laptop. Get something that will last you, definitely, but no need to go overboard...
| Yea, a 10 fold price is just exagerated. Get the cheaper one. And then if in 6 to 12 months you find that it is underperformant of what you do, get another one at around 5 times the price. You will still have saved 4 times the cheap price, and be with two laptops, one of which probably a more recent and better performing than the choises of today.
| Get the cheap one, I had tons of trouble with Lenovo notebooks but for that price even I would be ok with it for programming
But I'd never get a notebook worh those specs for gaming
| >>129092
Odd. I currently have a Lenovo thinkpad T500. It is old but debian installs in it flawlessly and with all drivers in place. Surely it is not for gaming, but if I was looking for gaming computers I would not be looking at laptops at all. For gaming youd want the ability to change and upgrade components - gpu, ram, power supply - and laptops are a firm no for that. Heck, if something breaks in a laptop it is as good as dead. The strong point of laptops are mobiliy.
| You'd have to be retarded to spend 5k on a laptop as your first one
| Op, any reason you specifically said "local currency" and yet omits what it is? You can just say 10x times at much. Numbers might confuse some folks, like this g/u/rl here >>#129211
And yeah, take the cheaper one. Basic programming won't need too much spec.
| Any pirce of junk. Nothing like real world performance constraints to practice optimization practices early
| >>129097 my problems with Lenovo thinkpads were with hardware and my college professor also had problems with his, maybe it was just a bad batch of computers....
| What's, uhh, what's your local currency? Mind converting the prices to USD?
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| I've narrowed my choice down to two.
used Lenovo Thinkpad x220
>12.5″ WXGA
>i7-2620M
>4GB DDR3
>300GB HDD
>Intel HD 300
>500 in my local currency
or
Dell Latitude 5580 from Dell Outlet
>15.6″ FHD
>i7-7820HQ
>16GB DDR4
>512GB SSD
>Intel HD 630 + GeForce 940MX
>5000 in my local currency
what should i do
PS I've never had a laptop before