Best laptop for programming on the go?

[bughtoo]

So my budget is +-400$ and i wanted something that does not necessary needs to be powerful but will be allow me to

install Visual Studio 2015 and program on the go along with watching videos browsing net etc.

 

My requirements for the notebook:

ssd

wifi

not bigger than 15.6"

not smaller than 10" 

thinest as possible 

Not a snail 

Windows ( if it was possible to install Visual Studio on Apple would buy second hand 2010-2012 macbook air but well) 

 

If you have anything in mind go on  

[Tycho]

Damn 400 is tight. Can you go used? For 400 you can pretty much only get celeron based laptops with 4gb ram which perform like absolute shit.

This particular model goes slightly above 400:

Lenovo IdeaPad 100-15IBD 80QQ00HQMB

 

If you ask me I'd go used though. You could get yourself an i5 with 8gb and possibly an ssd then.

(only take brands such as asus, dell and lenovo. avoid acer and hp)

[bughtoo]

1 minute ago, Tycho said:

Damn 400 is tight. Can you go used? For 400 you can pretty much only get celeron based laptops with 4gb ram which perform like absolute shit.

This particular model goes slightly above 400:

Lenovo IdeaPad 100-15IBD 80QQ00HQMB

 

If you ask me I'd go used though. You could get yourself an i5 with 8gb and possibly an ssd then.

(only take brands such as asus, dell and lenovo. avoid acer and hp)

I was hoping you would suggest that i can 150% go used if the battery is still good and everything else works  

[Tycho]

1 minute ago, bughtoo said:

I was hoping you would suggest that i can 150% go used if the battery is still good and everything else works  

Wait, you have a custom water loop but you can't go over 400 for a laptop?

[bughtoo]

5 minutes ago, Tycho said:

Wait, you have a custom water loop but you can't go over 400 for a laptop?

Well, i wont be using the laptop for anything else than programming on the go aaaaaaand i am buying a car now (ford fiesta 2011 with 50000km), new monitor XF270HU

and bought Razer Seiren Pro, Plantronics Backbeat PRO+ headphones, Xiaomi Yi 4k action camera (gift for my dad) and this 1000$ PC for my brothers birthday:

 

4790k

Asus Maximux VII Impact

16GB 1833 Hz memory DDR3

1070 GigaByte mini itx OC version

275gb Corsair m.2 ssd

1tb 2.5" HDD

CM seidon 120M

Cooltek UMX1 plus

Evga 430W 80+

Win10

 

 

Soooooooooooooooo i am kinda in a budget here

[Tycho]

Just now, bughtoo said:

Well, i wont be using the laptop for anything else than programming on the go aaaaaaand i am buying a car now (ford fiesta 2011 with 50000km), new monitor XF270HU

and bought Razer Seiren Pro, Plantronics Backbeat PRO+ headphones, Xiaomi Yi 4k action camera (gift for my dad) and this 1000$ PC for my brothers birthday:

 

4790k

Asus Maximux VII Impact

16GB 1833 Hz memory DDR3

1070 GigaByte mini itx OC version

275gb Corsair m.2 ssd

1tb 2.5" HDD

CM seidon 120M

Cooltek UMX1 plus

Evga 430W 80+

Win10

 

 

Soooooooooooooooo i am kinda in a budget here

Used it is then. Also, when looking for used stuff, don't give up if you don't find something today. New deals come to those sites all the time, just keep an eye out instead of deciding for something right now. All you need is patience and a little luck.

[bughtoo]

Just now, Tycho said:

Used it is then. Also, when looking for used stuff, don't give up if you don't find something today. New deals come to those sites all the time, just keep an eye out instead of deciding for something right now. All you need is patience and a little luck.

I know  thats why that PC for my brother was only 953$ with all components still in waranty at least for a year

The only problem about looking for a notebook like i need is the batery life  i can get nice notebook but then the batery life is like 1 hour.... thats shit

[bughtoo]

 

7 minutes ago, Tycho said:

Used it is then. Also, when looking for used stuff, don't give up if you don't find something today. New deals come to those sites all the time, just keep an eye out instead of deciding for something right now. All you need is patience and a little luck.

i might be able to get this for  Dell Inspiron 5559 15" i5-6200U/ 4GB/ 1TB/ M335-4G/ H

[bughtoo]

Okey found my solution, used MacBook Air 2010-2012 or used Macbook pro 2010-2012 for fast OS and good batery life and VPN Remote desktop to my home PC where i can do all the programming.

[Tycho]

3 hours ago, bughtoo said:

Okey found my solution, used MacBook Air 2010-2012 or used Macbook pro 2010-2012 for fast OS and good batery life and VPN Remote desktop to my home PC where i can do all the programming.

Don't even bother using remote desktop for programming. It's too slow.

[bughtoo]

31 minutes ago, Tycho said:

Don't even bother using remote desktop for programming. It's too slow.

Is it that slow?  

[Tycho]

2 hours ago, bughtoo said:

Is it that slow?  

You don't want there to be a 200ms delay every time you type a letter. Writing code isn't that resource intensive anyway. Besides, schools and public networks often block the ports required to use remote desktop services. It'll be pretty much useless outside your home network.

[bughtoo]

14 hours ago, Tycho said:

You don't want there to be a 200ms delay every time you type a letter. Writing code isn't that resource intensive anyway. Besides, schools and public networks often block the ports required to use remote desktop services. It'll be pretty much useless outside your home network.

well thats where my mobile internet comes in, i have unlimited data with download speed 50mbit and upload 20 mbit when having a hotspot open with my phone   So that would deal with the remote desktop service port problem  

Its not only on writing code, also debugging, using also other programs as Mathematica, Ansys and maybe more. Thats why i wanted to do it like this, but i am still not sure