Laptop suggestion for programming

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Laptop suggestion for programming


I use programs like android studio, eclipse, intelji idea. Not graphical. And i dont want OS. i will use linux probably. I also want free ram slots so that i can add rams in future. And i am not sure about other specs.


What brand do you suggest? I want to use laptop for at least 3-4 years.


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from here can you choose some laptops maximum £ 2000? £ is not true, it must be turkish money but google translate translated to £


Or you can give suggestions from other sites or only specifications. Maximum around 700 dollars.
 
There are too many to chose from. You don't need a lot of horsepower to program so your $700 budget should give you plenty of options. But you need to narrow your search. Do you need built in wifi? Bluetooth? How large a monitor? How important is battery run time?

The problem with notebooks is they tend to be very proprietary so upgrade options are few and they are more expensive to repair. Plus they can grow feet and disappear. So frankly, I don't really like any of them. That said, my Toshiba as served me well for over 6 years. Others really like Dell.

Lenovo makes good products but the company cannot be trusted, IMO. They have demonstrated many times over and over again their wiliness to put spyware on their systems.
 
Digerati said:
There are too many to chose from. You don't need a lot of horsepower to program so your $700 budget should give you plenty of options. But you need to narrow your search. Do you need built in wifi? Bluetooth? How large a monitor? How important is battery run time?

The problem with notebooks is they tend to be very proprietary so upgrade options are few and they are more expensive to repair. Plus they can grow feet and disappear. So frankly, I don't really like any of them. That said, my Toshiba as served me well for over 6 years. Others really like Dell.

Lenovo makes good products but the company cannot be trusted, IMO. They have demonstrated many times over and over again their wiliness to put spyware on their systems.
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My only options are in future i want to be able to add rams (so max memory should be 12 gb or 16 gb ) and material must be good. As you said, i dont want to pay repair money. Should i care this?

Bluetooh, i dont know. It can be. I want to be able to use for years just like you. So for example hdmi or bluetooth seems to me luxury or unnecessary. Maybe for now. I never uses blueetooth because.

Larger is good but it is getting expensive. I also dont like laptops but i need it. I will buy first time laptop.

Or usb 3.0. I dont know if we can use 2.0 for 5-10 years more.

What criterias do you suggest to me, for screen size and resolotion for example? Is it worth it to give 100 dollars more to get bigger?

For me normal hdd and 4 or 8 gb ram is enough for now because i can upgrade that parts in future but for other parts, i really dont know.
 
I generally recommend buying a notebook that already does everything you want. Even things like adding RAM can be a challenge several years down the road as RAM technologies advance and current RAM goes out of production and becomes hard to find and more expensive to. So if you want 16GB, buy it now. That said, 8GB is a big chunk (only 4GB would be a mistake, IMO). For programming, you really don't need more than 8GB. Of course need and want are two different things. With only 4GB, a huge percentage of that will be taken up by Windows itself and your security programs. That does not leave a lot for your other running programs, forcing the system to spool out the slow hard drive much more often. With 8GB, that is plenty of room for Windows, your security programs and your apps.

You can add a Bluetooth USB adapter, but that will use up a USB port. BT is used for things like external keyboards and mice and maybe an external speaker. HDMI is used to connect an external monitor. Every notebook lets you do that and most are with HDMI or Display port. That should not be a problem.

USB is frontwards and backwards compatible so you will be able to use USB 2.0 in the future - you just will not be able to take advantage of USB 3.0's faster speeds. But I say buy current. USB 3.0 is here now.

I cannot suggest the right size for you. If you listen to me, I would tell you to get a PC, not a notebook, and at least one, maybe two 24" monitors, a full sized keyboard and mouse. Do you really need a portable computer? People who travel a lot typically don't like lugging around big, heavy notebooks so for them, 15" screens may be too big. 17" screens are much nicer, IMO, but of course those notebooks are much bigger and weigh more too just because of their size, but also because they typically need bigger batteries too.

And speaking of the HDD, I would also suggest a SSD instead of a HD. SSDs are MUCH faster, lighter, consume less power, generate less heat, and with no moving parts, should provide years more of trouble-free service.

So again, while it will cost your more initially, it generally is better and cheaper in the long run to buy everything you need in the beginning.
 
In the manual (Models: 15-ay000 – 15-ay099), there is written:
Two non-customer-accessible/upgradable memory module slots (Intel Core processors)
DDR4-2133 dual channel support
Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following configurations: 16384-MB total system memory (8192×2)[UMA models only]
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On amazon.com, it costs 460$ (click), free shipping (Turkey too?), (import) taxes excluded.
 

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