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Hi guys, what specs do your coding laptop has? I would especially like to know if your laptop has a dedicated graphic card or an integrated one.

Mine has an i7, 32gb of ram, 500gb m2 SSD and an integrated graphic chip.

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    i5 2.5Ghz (3.5 Turbo)

    16GB RAM DDR4

    FullHD 15.6" display

    Dedicated GeForce 1060

    SSD NVMe Drive running Kubuntu

    I don't need anything special. What I find critical in a coding laptop is at least 16GB of ram (8 can get limiting fast with modern IDEs and containerization)

    I do some gaming, some machine learning and some video encoding so a dedicated graphics card is a must. Even a lower tier one is a big time saver for me.
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    Imho buying a laptop to run games or doing computation (e.g. CUDA / ML / ...) is wrong.

    Integrated graphics as it has the benefit of a lower thermal footprint, less watt usage and hence it will be more durable and long-loving.

    The trouble with large displays should be mentioned too, I think - starts at roughly 14 - 15 inch, the chassis and frame really need to be perfect to accommodate for a large screen and - surprise - most of the time they suck bonkers.

    Broken hinges, display that can be easily pressed down on the keyboard and breaks et cetera.

    Hence I like a high end, small and portable notebook. Anti glare display, easily maintainable, good keyboard.

    My current one is... 6 years old I think.

    Business HP 840 G3 notebook tailored to my needs.

    Still runs like a champ.

    Was expensive - but most suppliers like HP have all the parts available, yet only offer combinations which are shitty. XD
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    @Hazarth Pretty much this with i7 and Manjaro. Though my work laptop doesn't have dedicated graphics.
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    Literally same specs as you. Radeon pro 555x
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    MacBook Pro, best specs, provided by the company.
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    Mine the same specs as yours. MacBook Pro 13” i7 32 giggity bytes and 512 SSD. Before I had an i9.
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    @IntrusionCM except when you stream your desktop to it 😁 moonlight works well.

    I've grown accustomed to using visual studio on my pc too via rdp because I'm lazy. Surface book has enough trouble running windows and teams lol.

    I found that my uberspecced work (dell) laptop has double the compile times a decent vm on our vm host has. I don't see why I would waste time.
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    @jkommeren I cannot decipher what you want to tell me xD
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    @jkommeren @IntrusionCM
    https://moonlight-stream.org/ referring to first paragraph lol to "use" your laptop for gaming . But I guess you said it too ( get a desktop to run it on)

    Nevermind, long day.
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    @jkommeren

    I only knew moonlight as I think the Linux opensourxe implementation for Silverlight / MS.

    😆 Which is deeeeeeeaddddd....

    Yeah. Compilation of software should be done on a workstation.

    As I'm running Gentoo, I know the burden of compilation :)

    And on a Laptop this isn't really a bright idea. Thermal throttling will definitely kill it.
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    @IntrusionCM haha didn't know silverlight made it to Linux. Nice!
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