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Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 7:07pm On Sep 12, 2020
Hello, good evening, everyone. I want to buy a laptop primarily for programming. And, of course, it will have other uses, but I am specifically buying in order to learn programming. The most I can afford is N100, 000, and I have tried to use Google but the least amount I've seen is $500+, which is far above my budget.

So, please, I'm seeking for advice: what laptop do you advise that I go for, given my budget and intended purpose of purchase?

Thank you.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 7:10pm On Sep 12, 2020
I did a research on this a while back and discovered you really can't go cheap if you actually want a programming laptop cos there are 3 very important parts to consider if you don't want a slow device...

1. RAM: you can't afford to use a laptop with less than 8GB RAM because some programming softwares require a huge RAM.
2. SSD vs HDD: SSD is preferable as internal storage compared to the slower HDD as it has moving parts and data retrieval is significantly slower.
3. CPU & GPU: the processor and graphics card play a huge role in your computer's speed as well.

When you see a laptop that combines all these 3 features, it won't fall lower than $500, definitely higher, ideally $800 and above...

The best option for you is to get a good second hand laptop preferably with SSD and upgrade the RAM to 16GB cos it's cheaper that way. The RAM you can get on AliExpress and fix yourself.

Also, get a good battery that can last you at least 6 hrs without charge so you can work on the go if you have to. Regardless of the size of the storage, you can always get an external hard drive, but using HDD is a big issue when you start running powerful coding apps.

Good luck bro.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Sirmwill: 7:18pm On Sep 12, 2020
What loneprof said is true
If you will just be doing basic HTML,CSS and JavaScript,you are good to go with lesser laptops.

But to run more RAM and processor demanding softwares on your laptop to do heavy tasks like Data analysis,JAVA(for complex softwares),Ruby,...and so on
You won't want to go for less than 8gb ram...
Except you want to be caught in screen watching sessions that can last more than 4hours...
Try as much as possible to get very powerful spec laptops to avoid future lamentations
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 7:55pm On Sep 12, 2020
Just buy the one you can afford but keep off Game play programming, 3d modelling and all those AI and data science stuff.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Timewaster: 8:08pm On Sep 12, 2020
Get a 6gn ram phone
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 9:04pm On Sep 12, 2020
@loneprof, thank you very much for your input. I will just have to start with something lesser.

@sirmwill, do you think the basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript will make me money to buy something better?

@Segfault,can you please make a specific recommendation?

@Timewaster, sorry but are you serious about that? What phone do you suggest?
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Timewaster: 10:18pm On Sep 12, 2020
OluwabuqqyYOLO:
@loneprof, thank you very much for your input. I will just have to start with something lesser.

@sirmwill, do you think the basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript will make me money to buy something better?

@Segfault,can you please make a specific recommendation?

@Timewaster, sorry but are you serious about that? What phone do you suggest?


U can't make any money from html JavaScript and CSS for your first 6 months.


Even if you swallow 1 million programming PDFs with cold beer
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 12:23am On Sep 13, 2020
Timewaster:



U can't make any money from html JavaScript and CSS for your first 6 months.


Even if you swallow 1 million programming PDFs with cold beer
I'm not exactly going into programming as a main hustle. I have a source of income, but I thought it'd be better to acquire the skills ahead because you know what they say. Thank you.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 5:07am On Sep 13, 2020
OluwabuqqyYOLO:

I'm not exactly going into programming as a main hustle. I have a source of income, but I thought it'd be better to acquire the skills ahead because you know what they say. Thank you.

Don't mind the e-diot. He doesn't have anything positive to contribute, only discouragement.

You can make money even within 3 months if you're smart. People without coding skills are eating web design money up and down using site builders. It's not by being perfect, it's about your business IQ...

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 8:09am On Sep 13, 2020
OluwabuqqyYOLO:
@loneprof, thank you very much for your input. I will just have to start with something lesser.

@sirmwill, do you think the basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript will make me money to buy something better?

@Segfault,can you please make a specific recommendation?

@Timewaster, sorry but are you serious about that? What phone do you suggest?
A hp notebook with an Intel core i7 4th generation, 8gb RAM, 500gb hard drive will do if it is second hand oh, because these laptops are costly if you want to get them new, else if you want to go for a new one just settle for a notebook with core i5 4th generation, 4gb RAM and 500gb hard drive, though you'll have to settle for web design and basic system programming, I would have told you to get a Linux but you aren't a hacker or a systems programmer therefore settle for windows.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 9:06am On Sep 13, 2020
loneprof:


Don't mind the e-diot. He doesn't have anything positive to contribute, only discouragement.

You can make money even within 3 months if you're smart. People without coding skills are eating web design money up and down using site builders. It's not by being perfect, it's about your business IQ...
Thank you very much.

SegFault:

A hp notebook with an Intel core i7 4th generation, 8gb RAM, 500gb hard drive will do if it is second hand oh, because these laptops are costly if you want to get them new, else if you want to go for a new one just settle for a notebook with core i5 4th generation, 4gb RAM and 500gb hard drive, though you'll have to settle for web design and basic system programming, I would have told you to get a Linux but you aren't a hacker or a systems programmer therefore settle for windows.
Okay, thanks. I'll make research on these and get to you.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 10:27am On Sep 13, 2020
loneprof:
I did a research on this a while back and discovered you really can't go cheap if you actually want a programming laptop cos there are 3 very important parts to consider if you don't want a slow device...

1. RAM: you can't afford to use a laptop with less than 8GB RAM because some programming softwares require a huge RAM.
2. SSD vs HDD: SSD is preferable as internal storage compared to the slower HDD as it has moving parts and data retrieval is significantly slower.
3. CPU & GPU: the processor and graphics card play a huge role in your computer's speed as well.

When you see a laptop that combines all these 3 features, it won't fall lower than $500, definitely higher, ideally $800 and above...

The best option for you is to get a good second hand laptop preferably with SSD and upgrade the RAM to 16GB cos it's cheaper that way. The RAM you can get on AliExpress and fix yourself.

Also, get a good battery that can last you at least 6 hrs without charge so you can work on the go if you have to. Regardless of the size of the storage, you can always get an external hard drive, but using HDD is a big issue when you start running powerful coding apps.

Good luck bro.

Well said. You better listen to him.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 10:31am On Sep 13, 2020
Timewaster:



U can't make any money from html JavaScript and CSS for your first 6 months.


Even if you swallow 1 million programming PDFs with cold beer

A lady I met on Twitter got hired at Facebook after two months of learning and building using ReactJS. If she could do it, anybody can too. It just takes the proper motivation and passion.
I believe you don't know anything about web design and you're probably one of the failures of web development tutorials.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 10:33am On Sep 13, 2020
Timewaster:
Get a 6gn ram phone

And do what with it? Watch PornHub in 2k? Get out of here jarey.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Karleb(m): 11:15am On Sep 13, 2020
DanTheGeek:


A lady I met on Twitter got hired at Facebook after two months of learning and building using ReactJS. If she could do it, anybody can too. It just takes the proper motivation and passion.
I believe you don't know anything about web design and you're probably one of the failures of web development tutorials.

That's too much.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 11:52am On Sep 13, 2020
Karleb:


That's too much.

I've gotta keep it real (rude can be confused with real sometimes). I can't be cajoling somebody that made such a discouraging statement.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 12:26pm On Sep 13, 2020
DanTheGeek:


And do what with it? Watch PornHub in 2k? Get out of here jarey.

Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by seunny4lif(m): 1:17pm On Sep 13, 2020
grin grin grin grin grin grin
DanTheGeek:


And do what with it? Watch PornHub in 2k? Get out of here jarey.

Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by seunny4lif(m): 1:28pm On Sep 13, 2020
If you will be going into Web dev
You can get a second hand one but make sure its at least core i5
You can change the HDD to SSD
Change the Ram to at least 8GB
But if its Android develop
You need least a 12GB Ram becos my 8GB always disappear when I open my Android studio with Google chrome
Even I was planning on changing my laptop but I just change the HDD to SSD and it worked for me cos my laptop boots faster

Now, because am going into
OluwabuqqyYOLO:
Hello, good evening, everyone. I want to buy a laptop primarily for programming. And, of course, it will have other uses, but I am specifically buying in order to learn programming. The most I can afford is N100, 000, and I have tried to use Google but the least amount I've seen is $500+, which is far above my budget.

So, please, I'm seeking for advice: what laptop do you advise that I go for, given my budget and intended purpose of purchase?

Thank you.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by seunny4lif(m): 1:29pm On Sep 13, 2020
Nigeria is diff bro

DanTheGeek:


A lady I met on Twitter got hired at Facebook after two months of learning and building using ReactJS. If she could do it, anybody can too. It just takes the proper motivation and passion.
I believe you don't know anything about web design and you're probably one of the failures of web development tutorials.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by seunny4lif(m): 1:30pm On Sep 13, 2020
cool cool cool cool cool
Fixed
Nothing to add
loneprof:
I did a research on this a while back and discovered you really can't go cheap if you actually want a programming laptop cos there are 3 very important parts to consider if you don't want a slow device...

1. RAM: you can't afford to use a laptop with less than 8GB RAM because some programming softwares require a huge RAM.
2. SSD vs HDD: SSD is preferable as internal storage compared to the slower HDD as it has moving parts and data retrieval is significantly slower.
3. CPU & GPU: the processor and graphics card play a huge role in your computer's speed as well.

When you see a laptop that combines all these 3 features, it won't fall lower than $500, definitely higher, ideally $800 and above...

The best option for you is to get a good second hand laptop preferably with SSD and upgrade the RAM to 16GB cos it's cheaper that way. The RAM you can get on AliExpress and fix yourself.

Also, get a good battery that can last you at least 6 hrs without charge so you can work on the go if you have to. Regardless of the size of the storage, you can always get an external hard drive, but using HDD is a big issue when you start running powerful coding apps.

Good luck bro.

Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 3:44pm On Sep 13, 2020
DanTheGeek:


And do what with it? Watch PornHub in 2k? Get out of here jarey.

Lol grin

The guy must be high on kai-kai!

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Nobody: 4:21pm On Sep 13, 2020
seunny4lif:
Nigeria is diff bro


She was a shop attendant before programming. The only thing her country gives her is reliable internet and electricity.

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Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Timewaster: 4:33pm On Sep 13, 2020
DanTheGeek:


A lady I met on Twitter got hired at Facebook after two months of learning and building using ReactJS. If she could do it, anybody can too. It just takes the proper motivation and passion.
I believe you don't know anything about web design and you're probably one of the failures of web development tutorials.

Pussyy at work
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by seunny4lif(m): 5:29pm On Sep 13, 2020
Thats what i mean
Nigeria is really hard to do anything
I will be start college this Sept at old age but that not possible in Nigeria
and have many other that went back to College at over 30 , got jobs after but that can never happen in Nigeria
DanTheGeek:


She was a shop attendant before programming. The only thing her country gives her is reliable internet and electricity.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by afuye(m): 8:53pm On Sep 13, 2020
Timewaster:


Pussyy at work

It can be very true. I started programming last January year without prior programming knowledge. Just this year alone I'm on my third Job. In programming the opportunities is limitless, man.

My stack is reactjs (Gatsby and Nextjs) react-native and Nodejs
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Timewaster: 8:57pm On Sep 13, 2020
afuye:


It can be very true. I started programming last January year without prior programming knowledge. Just this year alone I'm on my third Job. In programming the opportunities is limitless, man.

My stack is reactjs (Gatsby and Nextjs) react-native and Nodejs


Afuye my man


Do u remember me?


For one algorithm group


But ur job no pass 30k shey
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by afuye(m): 9:00pm On Sep 13, 2020
I remember the group. Na you dey pay me , when you said 30k ? Even the first ever job was much more than that without experience 60k and other entitlement included. And it's 3 times a week. 10am-6pmdaily . My first personal gig was 200k.
Timewaster:



Afuye my man


Do u remember me?


For one algorithm group


But ur job no pass 30k shey
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Timewaster: 9:03pm On Sep 13, 2020
afuye:
I remember the group. Na you dey pay me , when you said 30k ? Even the first ever job was much more than that without experience 60k and other entitlement included. And it's 3 times a week. 10am-6pmdaily . My first personal gig was 200k.

Lol.


The whine yourself.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by afuye(m): 9:07pm On Sep 13, 2020
Timewaster:


Lol.


The whine yourself.


Doubting Thomas
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Vecto(m): 9:48pm On Sep 13, 2020
Since you are just starting new you don't need to spend so much purchasing a High—End— PC.
Re: Advice: What Is The Best Budget Laptop For Programming? by Etinosa1234: 11:01pm On Sep 13, 2020
DanTheGeek:


A lady I met on Twitter got hired at Facebook after two months of learning and building using ReactJS. If she could do it, anybody can too. It just takes the proper motivation and passion.
I believe you don't know anything about web design and you're probably one of the failures of web development tutorials.

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