[Invictus3593]

We use an Asus G73-SW with 20gb of ram, an i7 and soon, a 32gb SSD.

Lightning fast but maybe overkill for just programming, as we use it for other things as well. I'd suggest anything with 8gb of ram and an intel i-anything. In my experience, 8gb makes a huge difference in building code and in the overall interface, as opposed to 4gb.

My only complaint about our machine is its size. Of course its great for programming and everything else, but as the driver station it's kind of bulky.