Thread: specs for a "good" progamming laptop
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Re: specs for a "good" progamming laptop
I wouldn't ever try any serious programming on a netbook like the Classmate. You'll want to kill yourself during build season with it, I assure you.

For a programming dedicated laptop, I'd recommend something with a good screen size, but nothing huge so that it's not easy to take to the pits to work with. Something around 15" should do well. Also, you don't need anything extremely powerful, because most programming environments aren't too taxing. The standard 4gb of RAM and a decent dual core processor should do just fine for a newer machine. Intel's new mobile i5 chips are very nice, especially because of their power and efficiency, giving you quite a bit more battery life in a pinch.

What exactly is your "budget" per say?
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