Hey guys,
I was wondering what setup (especially laptop/tower) you would use for coding at work it you could chose freely (I know some of you can).
I like the Lenovo thinkpads and like to have at least 16gb of ram (32 are better) and some powerful cpu like an i7. Usb type c, power delivery and useful Linux driver support are must-have.

How about you?

My boss let me chose freely...

I chose the Microsoft Surface Book 2...

I chose badly...

definitely a laptop.

Which one - .... You're not gonna like my choice. XPS13 with the beefiest hardware. And ofc 4k display. That's my daily driver and anything below 3200x1800 now looks like accessibility mode to me. And the 13" laptop is perfect for mobility. With the power under the hood difficult to get my head around.

I own an old one with a Skylake processor. I read the new ones are far more durable (batt-wise) and powerful.

IDK how well it'll run with Windows. But I can tell it's amazing with Linux.

I got a new work lappy recently -- Lenovo P1 G4. It's definitely a working horse, high quality, but it lacks.... a spark of sorts. Nothing to complain about it rly, it's absolutely great. It's just I'd prolly prefer an XPS13 with similar specs or better.

Anything but HP or Acer. I like Lenovo (but not the Thinkpads) and custom laptops like Clevo . At least 500G storage, preferably SSD, 16GB RAM and i5

Absolutely NO ultraHD or 4k: preferred resolution for 15 inch laptop is 1920x1080. 17inch is too unwieldy, 13 is not enough screen estate. In higher res type is too small to read, software pixel scaling issues, eats memory & battery. And most of all, I would no longer be in touch with my target market (= avg users)

Framework probably.

Should have good Linux support, mainly USB-A ports and a fan that doesn't sound like an airplane.

And a threadripper. Hey, you said free choice.

As long as it has linux, decent support for multiple 4k monitors via docking station and enough ports to stick stuff into.

Currently have the Galaxy Book Pro 360. Which is perfect for writing with the S-Pen. Works suprisingly good on linux. But not everyone wants a touchscreen laptop lol

I have ThinkPad P14s Gen2a, which is a AMD variant with 14” with Full HD resolution, works great, no issues so far, except a small problem inserting and ejecting sdcard, the slot is way in and needs to have small fingers or big nails to get it out.

Ryzen 7 can give better boost, compared to intel at the same price that’s why I chose that, but it’s upto the workload. It gets hot when it is plugged in, but the fans are super silent, I hardly hear it.

I rebuild kernels for Raspberry Pis daily once or twice, so the 8 cores 16 threads help there.

Screen resolution is bit high if you ask me, as I often use 1080p screen on desk which is 21” so it created a very weird scaling there.

I am planning for a 4k Monitor which can help avoid this issue.

If your primary usage is going to be on a workstation (monitor, keyboard, mice, desk and the lot) then Lenovo ThinkPad with a docking station is a good choice.

If you're gonna use it on your lap (many people I know do) then I suggest the MacBook Pro. The laptop doesn't heat up and is perfect for such kind of usage.

My personal tower is an overclocked i9 and an rtx 2080. My work laptop is a toaster by comparison....

I would much prefer having all stuff running on a server and have a light laptop just as a client for it. That would also mean having all the stuff I need plugged in to the server and no need to access them manually, which sadly sounds unrealistic at the moment.

@electrineer that’s pretty much my setup rn. Why do you say it’s unrealistic? What do you work on? Game dev would kinda be impossible but I think even web dev could be done this way.

@neriald embedded. That could be done as well but it would require quite a bit of effort.

@electrineer I see, depending on the type of devices, it might even be impossible.

@neriald everything is possible, given enough time and money

Has anyone experience with https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# ? Their laptops look very nice and they have decent prices.