Which laptop should you take?

fenix4542014-11-27 00:15:18

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fenix454, 2014-11-27 00:15:18

Which of these laptops should you get? Needed for programming in Java, C, C ++, C # which is more suitable given your experience.

15.6" Laptop Asus (N550Jv)(FHD)
i7 4700HQ(2.4), 12288, 1Tb, NV GT750M 4Gb, DVD Blu-ray Combo, WiFi, BT, Cam, Win8

ultrabook ASUS Zenbook UX32LN, 90NB0521-M01600, 13.3" (1920x1080), 8192, 1000, Intel Core i5-4210U(1.7), 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce 840M, LAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, Win8.1

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Deerenaros, 2014-11-27
@Deerenaros

There are no special requirements for C# or Java. If only machine codes were executed, but not confused. For Visual Studio, of course, you want something faster. And for Windows - anything with an SSD. For the rest - as you wish.
Here's some more advice. If you need a machine to have at hand, I strongly advise you to take something light and compact. Three times already chose a laptop. Three times I swore to take a MacBook or Ultrabook. Three times I was tempted either by a higher nVidia, or FullHD, or a touch screen, or something else. And the price tag. Now I carry 2.5 kg with me. And I carry it all the time - almost everything is on it. Even with all these dropboxes and stuff, walking around with your surroundings is an indescribable thrill. When you can pick up wireshark and pull what you need from the network, find a leak with some favorite profiler, borrow your neighbors WiFi (because you really need it) from your own dictionary and airdump. In general, having your own environment is a chic feeling.

Anton Papin, 2014-12-06
@i_light

I like 14" models. Smaller - small, larger - appears not particularly needed in programming numpad.
15.6" is usually neither here nor there - because of numpad, they have even smaller keys than on 14" models. 17" and above, they no longer suffer from this, but at the same time they weigh exorbitantly, as for me - I don’t see the point in them.
Now I have an HP EliteBook 8470p in a modified top configuration (i7, discrete video, 8 GB memory, 240 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD). But I want to change it to EliteBook 840 G1 as soon as the required amount accumulates. Because of the weight, because of the backlight of the keyboard, because of the availability of the latest FullHD screen, although 1600x900 at 14" looks quite good.
I like in elitebooks (as well as in ThinkPad and some Dell) the ability to connect a docking station, normal (and not like in Envy) software for security (for the sake of the fingerprint scanner) - not for the sake of security, but for the sake of convenience. Accessories again, at least fastened to the bottom of the battery. And also very convenient service - the bottom cover on snaps, most of the components are available for replacement / maintenance in five minutes. Connectors for every taste and color (practically).
Of the proposed ones, I don’t like both - the first is heavy, the second is small and does not allow the HDD + SSD configuration.

Sergey, 2014-11-27
Protko @Fesor

core i5+, 8gb ram+, ssd (HDD can be inserted instead of DVD drive). A larger screen resolution is also not bad (more pixel density is more comfortable when working with text, and code is text). The rest is looks and battery life. That is personal preference.

Eddy_Em, 2014-11-27
@Eddy_Em

I would not take one or the other: too small. You need at least 17'' diagonal. And 19'' is better (laptops with a diagonal > 19'' no longer fit into a backpack).
The rest of the hardware doesn't care if you don't need high performance computing and CUDA.
PS And why take with mastdaykoy? Is it really still impossible to buy a naked laptop?

Vitaly Pukhov, 2014-11-27
@Neuroware

Any machine with a performance index of more than 5 in Windows 7 will do.
If you plan to keep the SQL server on the same machine, then it is better to keep the RAM more than 4 GB.

Nikolai, 2014-11-27
@j_wayne

It is inconvenient for me to work on a poppy 13 in Java. Finely and in the eclipse, the fonts are somehow unpleasant in the makos mb subjectively, I don’t know. IMHO 17-19 inches is necessary. And on ruby, that's the norm.

Mikhail Lyalin, 2014-11-27
@mr_jok

powerful ultrabook from 15'

Alexey, 2014-11-29
@HaJIuBauKa

If you don't have an external monitor, none of these laptops are suitable.
13 inches will break your eyes at this screen resolution.
If you want speed, be sure to have an SSD. Although, as already said, an SSD can be purchased and installed instead of a standard HDD, and it can be replaced by a DVD via the "2nd HDD / SSD Hard Drive Caddy" adapter.
I like HP 17-inch laptops, there is a choice.
If you are not satisfied with the size of 17 inches, then you will have to take an external monitor.