Laptop Specifications

[Hypoxz]

Hi i am looking to buy a laptop and i am wondering what specs i should be looking for.

 

Usage:

School: MS Office, Browsing

Programming: Vs code, Unity Game development

Some gaming if possible but not necessary 

 

Please let me know your reaction

[Bombastinator]

23 minutes ago, Hypoxz said:

Hi i am looking to buy a laptop and i am wondering what specs i should be looking for.

 

Usage:

School: MS Office, Browsing

Programming: Vs code, Unity Game development

Some gaming if possible but not necessary 

 

Please let me know your reaction

MS office, browsing, and vs code need very very little.  A 2/4 cpu with an apu/iGPU and no discrete graphics should be enough.  This means effectively no gaming though.  The big question mark for me is unity game development.  That I just don’t know system requirements for.  It could also be near nothing or it could be huge.  I looked at the unity forum but didn’t see any hardware specs mentioned.  It does seem to cover a massive amount of different system types including VR, so I suspect the spec requirements are extremely variable.  I’m not sure there are many laptops that can even handle playing VR.  

[Hypoxz]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

MS office, browsing, and vs code need very very little.  A 2/4 cpu with an apu/iGPU and no discrete graphics should be enough.  This means effectively no gaming though.  The big question mark for me is unity game development.  That I just don’t know system requirements for.  It could also be near nothing or it could be huge.  I looked at the unity forum but didn’t see any hardware specs mentioned.  It does seem to cover a massive amount of different system types including VR, so I suspect the spec requirements are extremely variable.  I’m not sure there are many laptops that can even handle playing VR.  

For unity just simple mostly 2d platformer style games that’s not extremely heave but I saw these 2 laptops that I’m considering both acer aspire 5

 

they have good battery life and these are the specs

 

first one:

i5 10th gen

8gb ram

mx250

512gb ssd 

 

second one

i7 10th gen

16gb ram

mx250

512gb ssd

better build quality this one from aluminum or some sort of other metal and the other one partial aluminum and plastic

 

[Bombastinator]

The first one is I think 4/4, The second one is going to be 4/8 or 6/12.

 

If the second one is 6/12 it has a better shot at gaming.  The 16gb is particularly attractive for that.  8 bf isn’t adequate for a lot of stuff these days.  For 2d platform we stuff I suspect both will work.  I’m not sure though.  I looked at the unity site and it seems to have a lot of active assistance available.  They might know more.

[Hypoxz]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

The first one is I think 4/4, The second one is going to be 4/8 or 6/12.

 

If the second one is 6/12 it has a better shot at gaming.  The 16gb is particularly attractive for that.  8 bf isn’t adequate for a lot of stuff these days.  For 2d platform we stuff I suspect both will work.  I’m not sure though.  I looked at the unity site and it seems to have a lot of active assistance available.  They might know more.

Thx if I’m right the second one is 4/8 and they are both ram upgradable

[Bombastinator]

31 minutes ago, Hypoxz said:

Thx if I’m right the second one is 4/8 and they are both ram upgradable

Upgrading ram yourself can be much cheaper.  The complication is laptops can (but often aren’t) extremely picky about what ram they can use.  That bit might also be worth looking into.

[genexis_x]

Any links of online stores? Any preferences on weight, battery life and display size? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradeable RAM?