Hi guys I want to buy a laptop for programming, but I couldn’t figure out what i really want .

my budget range from 600$ to 1200 .

I found these laptops in the market

(i3 - 4g ram - 256 giga ssd) for 600$

(i5 - 8g ram - 512 giga ssd) for 800$

(i7 - 16g ram - 512 giga ssd) for 1200$

and also ryzen 3 5 and 7 .

here what I want you to Know :

1- I want to use this laptop for programming only (and browser of course),

2 - I will programming for android (for now ),that’s mean i need to install android studio , IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse (maybe other).

so I’m afraid if I buy 1200$ laptop i will regret it , because don’t need that much ram or cores or ssd capacity.

and if i buy 600$ i will regret it too ,because it will be too slow or not ideal for programming,less ram -less capacity -less core

I was depressing for long time and I’m slowly back on track so i don’t know what going on ( on tech world).

and also there are laptop 2 in 1 (laptop and tablet) with pen, is it worth to buy ?.

dose the laptop now upgrade-able in terms of ram , saying this because of what going on in part replacement issue (like apple ).

so help please what should I buy.

pardon my English not my first Language, and thanks in advance.

Edit : thank you guys very much , that’s really help and very informative. 👍 😍

  • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    1. Buy current gen Ryzen if you can. They are more efficient (= longer battery life) and offer more GPU muscle than their Intel counterparts. Just make sure it’s a 7X4X part, the 4 indicates it’s actually Zen 4

    2. 1000$ is way too much if all you want to do is programming. If that’s really all you want to do, all you’ll really care about is it not being complete garbage in some regard and the keyboard. Maybe the display if you want to work outside.

    Edit: I realized this might be confusing. To be clear: I mean if you want to splurge on a laptop, you might as well get a Ryzen one. I don’t recommend spending too much on a laptop used for programming only tho