What is your favorite (Windows) laptop for programming?
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What is your favorite (Windows) laptop for programming?

Publish Date: Jun 17 '19
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I am looking to purchase a new laptop and I want to get some real user reviews from programmers. Please share your favorite laptop! p.s. I am not an Apple guy and there is nothing you can say to change my mind ;)

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  • James Perkins
    James PerkinsJun 17, 2019

    I've been using a Dell Gaming 15 with a RAM and SSD upgrade I did myself.

    So it has 32gb RAM, 1TB m2 drive 7th gen i7 and Nividia 1050ti GPU.

    Pros:
    Work horse
    Fast boot
    reasonable battery 5-7 hours of development.

    Cons:
    it's a bit thick
    Panel is a little dimmer then others.
    Fans are loud

    • Trevor Franklin
      Trevor FranklinJun 17, 2019

      I am leaning towards this idea because I will definitely get the performance that I am looking for. The thickness especially around the panel and the panel quality is the one thing keeping me from going in this direction. I prefer higher resolutions as well. Can't beat the specs though! Must be a dream working on it.

  • Andy Piper
    Andy PiperJun 17, 2019

    Yeah, I’m in this space too. I am an Apple guy, but increasingly in the non-Mac space. At Christmas I got a low-end HP identical to the machines my two nieces got at the same time (since I’m tech support uncle). Increasingly frustrated with performance even though I upped RAM and SSD. I’m thinking a Surface Book end of the year, but I’d love them to have USB-C support by then.

    • Trevor Franklin
      Trevor FranklinJun 17, 2019

      I have had horrible experience with HP laptops. Their build quality seems really cheap. My mother purchased one and when I went to set it up the fans sounded like a jet engine starting. The display resolution was awful as well. Returned and replaced it with a dell Inspiron that has performed a lot better. I think I will most likely go with Dell but the investment will be closer to $2000 for the specs I'm wanting. Hoping that I can get some real developer reviews on some machines to know which direction to go in.

      I've heard great things about surfacbooks.

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