▲ 37 ▼ Laptop recommendation for a cs student under $600 or in India 50,000 INR (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dotdev@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments Well i started my B tech course this year, I am looking for a laptop for my use case. I am using linux as a main os for 3 years. The laptop which i currently use is a Dell Inspiron N5110. Its a pretty old machine so i am currently looking for an upgrade. Things which I do : Read documents Watch videos and listen to music Light coding Tinker with almost everything Try new software if i can. I REALLY need a a laptop with good cooling and battery life like 5 hours is fine.
[–] Dotdev@programming.dev [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The thing is I don't know what kind of ThinkPad would be good for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I know people who graduated in CS with one of those old IBM X220s, but for the sake of modernity, there are a lot of options, the T and P series have good releases, but one model can have different specs. I have the T480s and if you can find a used T470 or T480 (s or without s), it will serve you well. Some of these will also allow you to upgrade the RAM and SSD. It might be a tad slow if you do all those things you mentioned at once, but I can open 4 or 5 PDFs, 30+ tabs and a few terminals and it's still quite responsive. Some guides on different models (I don't know how useful these are, but they might help you): https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guide https://dankpads.com/tpg/ https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dotdev@programming.dev [S] 1 point 2 years ago Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I know people who graduated in CS with one of those old IBM X220s, but for the sake of modernity, there are a lot of options, the T and P series have good releases, but one model can have different specs. I have the T480s and if you can find a used T470 or T480 (s or without s), it will serve you well. Some of these will also allow you to upgrade the RAM and SSD. It might be a tad slow if you do all those things you mentioned at once, but I can open 4 or 5 PDFs, 30+ tabs and a few terminals and it's still quite responsive. Some guides on different models (I don't know how useful these are, but they might help you): https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guide https://dankpads.com/tpg/ https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dotdev@programming.dev [S] 1 point 2 years ago Thanks permalink fedilink source parent