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A good laptop for programming.

JayAbbhi
By JayAbbhi
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I have no idea what to look for when it comes to a good laptop for coding, like for making applications and programs. 

What kind of specs should I be looking for? Are AMD processors well supported for these kinds of applications like the Intel competition?

I have $800 max budget, and I need some good battery life (8 hrs). 

I would like to have a 14 inch screen, but I'm not too picky, but i would like it to be 1080p IPS, and some good speakers.

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Might be worth going the used Thinkpad route.

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590

TABLET: iPad Pro

PHONE: Galaxy S9

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7 minutes ago, JayAbbhi said:

I have no idea what to look for when it comes to a good laptop for coding, like for making applications and programs. 

What kind of specs should I be looking for? Are AMD processors well supported for these kinds of applications like the Intel competition?

I have $800 max budget, and I need some good battery life (8 hrs). 

I would like to have a 14 inch screen, but I'm not too picky, but i would like it to be 1080p IPS, and some good speakers.

Just coding? or compiling?

Are you doing any gaming?

 

To get that much battery life you'll probably just have to grab a battery bank that can charge a laptop, and all laptop speakers will be trash just get some nice headphones or wireless headphones.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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