What is the minimum requirement specs for a good laptop/PC for programming?

Question

I think it has to be a minimum of
an i3 processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 HDD or have an SSD for better responsive system

what do you think?

Answer 1

try not to choose a potable, choose a medium machine (processor, ram, rom / hdd, gpu / vga, and most important is the mainboard for easy upgrade)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Depends on what you want to program.
If you are dealing with huge matrices and images, a lot of RAM and large HDD is nice.

For simple programs any potato PC will do :)

Answer 4

Depends. For general Linux programming you want 1-2 GB + 1GB if you use a distro with systemd + 100-2000 MB depending on how much your window manager/desktop environment eats up. An HDD will be fine and the processor isn't that important but going for a new gen i3/Pentium/AMD equivalent is a good rule of thumb.

On Windows (particularly Windows 10) you *need* 8GB of RAM and an SSD if you want to do anything serious. As for a processor, an i3 may be fine, but I'd only really be comfortable with an i5.

Answer 5

If you are web developer and learning, pick one that supports browser and text editor... 😃 For web, you won't need a beast...something 6-7 years old is just fine... 😂
Later, you will become spoiled and will "need" Mac...
Later on, you won't be able to function without 2 monitors... 🤓
Don't know yet what's the next stage... 😉

Answer 6

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