Which laptop is suitable for a student for a simple game dev?

Question

laptops

I am studying to be a programmer. I live far from my place of study and do not have enough time for practice (I get up at 5, come home at 18).
I want to develop games (for a start, Unity) and decided to buy a laptop. I found this model "Notebook LENOVO IdeaPad 330S-14IKB, 14", IPS, Intel Core i5 8250U 1.6GHz, 8GB, 1000GB, 128GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 620, Free DOS, 81F4013KRU" (link: https://www.citilink .ru/catalog/mobile/notebooks/1... but my friends said that it was complete bullshit due to the lack of a video card.Because I'm just studying, I'm not talking about cool projects.I don't plan to install games on a laptop either.
Tell me who is right: me or my friends, and what kind of hardware should be in my laptop for comfortable work (Visual Studio, Unity, maybe Blender)

Answer 1

To begin with - that's enough, just drop the RAM up to 16 gigs.
A discreet will be needed only if you are working on really serious projects with a bunch of models, scary shaders and other graphics. And since until you do (and no one does this in one helmet) - then the norms.
We will not raise questions about the amount of space on the ssd, screen size, etc., this does not directly affect the performance of the software.

Answer 2

Friends estimate for toys, but you need it for work. If the laptop allows, immediately buy additional RAM, especially if you decide to try Android Studio :)

Answer 3

To work comfortably with 3D engines, you need to have a discrete card anyway.

Answer 4

I'll insert my five ..
of course it's a matter of habit and the presence of a separate monitor, BUT 14 inches is pain and suffering.
In Unity and 3D editors .. with their interfaces .. at least 15+ screen ..
if the weight is not critical, then 17 would not hurt much .. but 15 is probably more or less the middle)
and so they say 8 gigs of RAM is tolerable. 16 gigs if possible)
a discrete video card, not necessarily, but it would also be better with it, especially which 1050 thread does not affect the price so much.
as a result, as a cheap option - something like yours.
a little more pleasant and with a backlog - something from the MSI category for 60k+

Answer 5

One that has enough money. Yes, you need a video card.

Answer 6

Buy a laptop with at least 2 GB video card. For example geforce 970m