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Suggest a Laptop for me. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Asudox@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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Hello Lemmings,

My 5 year old gaming laptop finally needs to be replaced. I need a new laptop for programming and light gaming. I no longer game on a laptop but a desktop. Though being able to play even outside would be nice so the laptop should be able to play at least Team Fortress 2. I'll be installing a Linux distro on it. My budget is around 800-1000€. The screen should be 14 or 15 inches. The battery should last at least 6 hours while not doing anything heavy as video editing or gaming.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not many suggestions seem to be forthcoming and the laptops I have are outside of your budget or bought at a time when medium range laptops were cheaper. Your budget is unfortunately below what the linux laptop vendors I know ship. So, to narrow down your parameters:

  • Go for AMD --> less to no issues with Linux
    • will most likely be an "APU" (CPU with integrated graphics) which are OK-ish for gaming --> check https://www.notebookcheck.net/ for the APU you find and ensure your game or an equivalent can be played with it
  • 16GB is nearly too little (depending on what you do) so try to get 32GB
  • Use https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search_computer to check how compatible your choice is with linux
  • 500GB SSD is kinda standard, but as a dev downloading whatever dependencies or compiling, aim for higher (1TB should be enough)

Edit: Why does your gaming laptop have to be replaced? Hardware issues? Often those are quite good for programming.

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The problem with my gaming laptop is that there's some hardware issues that are pretty costly. I'd rather just get a new laptop at that point.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, makes sense.

I did a quick search (you'll have to do the validation) and these are laptops < 900€ with 32GB, 1TB and AMD:

  • HP ProBook 455 G10, Ryzen 7 7730U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
  • Lenovo ThinkPad L15 G4 (AMD) Thunder Black, Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD
  • Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G6 ABP Arctic Grey, Ryzen 7 7730U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
  • Acer Aspire 5 A515-47-R87W

Thinkpads are known for using components that linux works well with. Probably that could be on top of your list.

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the search.