What computer does a Developer should have?

Question

Is it really relevant a high performance computer to code? Should it be laptop or desktop?

Answer 1

I think laptops have their place and desktops have their place... Here are some best laptops for programming

http://www.techradar.com/news/best-laptop-for-programming

Answer 2

Well generally most of the time they would advise you to go for more RAM and SSD for programming.
If you are using 64bit PC. 16GB RAM is more than enough. Anymore than that is an overkill anyway dude to restriction of bus size.

Also, I know a friend who have an old PC with ~1GB ram, and is on 32bit with a shitty dual core. And he uses it for programming. (I am serious on this one)
^ For those who thinks that their PC is still slow for programming.

Answer 3

If you are using core i3 with 4gb of ram and at least 250gb of hdd is enough.