How To Pick The Best Laptop For Programming in 2022!
How To Pick The Best Laptop For Programming in 2022!
β@Just Josh is here to help you pick the best laptop for programming in 2022! Josh is a professional programmer and laptop reviewer, so heβs got a unique perspective to offer.
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What Makes a Great Laptop for Programmers in 2022?
0:00 Introduction to Josh
1:16 Processor (CPU)
4:07 Single or Multi Threaded Performance?
6:13 Graphics (GPU)
9:02 Older 2nd Hand Models?
9:23 Memory (RAM)
11:10 Upgradeability Options
11:28 Storage
13:58 Screen – IMPORTANT!
18:18 Keyboard – IMPORTANT!
21:03 Camera
22:25 Ports
23:55 Battery
27:56 Operating System
31:26 Low End Laptop Suggestions
33:12 Mid Range Laptop Suggestions
34:41 High End Laptop Suggestions
36:24 Laptop Reviews For Programmers
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Would a ryzen 7 5700u and 40gb ram duo be enough?
I really need a reply from u , actually in between 1-2 days I am going to get a gaming laptop , but I’m so confused about the one , nd want to ask an expert . According to my max budget what I’m think is to buy Asus Tuff F15 i5 11 gen with rtx 3060 6gb with 16 gb ram laptop the GPU is high nd there’s not a single laptop near this price range having 6gb of vram nd 144hz refresh rate . My aim is to get as max fps i can get in Apex Legends on Medium settings. So pls tell me should i go for it in 2022 or not nd what would u do according to my circumstances . Thank you so much if u r reading till here π β€οΈ
You have to ask a Sys Admin, not a programmer…Once your OS boot process is finished, you are on multi-core. Chrome, Excel, compilators, etc are all multicore. Seems that this programmer knows how to make only single threaded software…sad…
The thing has slowed me down and frustrated me more than anything else on a dev laptop is F-keys that are in strange positions (I expect F5 to be above the 5 Key) and Insert/Delete/Page-Up/Page-Down keys that need FN+key to access them or just plainly aren’t there. I’m looking at you HP, with your _Pro_ Book G7 that doesn’t have an Insert key.
Didn’t understand a thing, just watched to support Jarrod for covering topics outside of gaming.
Cheers for the constantly evolving content.
Nice but 17" Win Laptop? Maybe 16 is better… ππ
Regards from Europe from my channel Bro’s…
Compatibility of codes b/w dev laptop and server or running OS
Lol, used to think that 4MByte of RAM is plenty. Now 16GByte is recommended.
"low end laptop" 900$+ xD well, that’s not budget friendly at all bruh.
I love my Asus G14. Got an 8 core 16 thread Ryzen, and even a discreet GPU, albeat a GTX 1650, for 800 dollars, and paid like 60 dollars to upgrade the RAM to 24 GB. amazing machine that will last for years
Are macs good for java, c+ and phyton? Im going on a electric engineering college and thats the main languages we’ll be using. I would prefer a mac for other perks aswell such as the amazing battery life while also being silent during use and that beautiful screen. I also intend to take notes on an ipad and it would be nice having the ecosystem
Hello I have already plan to order this ASUS TUF Gaming F15 (2021) it has FHD 240Hz, Intel Core i9-11900H 11th Gen, GeForce RTXΒ 3060 6GB Graphics
Will this be good as well for coding , programing etc etc
This Josh Guy is Obviously a Jew…
My problem is that I don’t know what I want to do with the computer. I want to try different things until I find something that sticks. So I need the best or something capable of handling everything or almost everything. Programming, coding, video editing, an I.T specialist, working from home, digital security, etc, etc. They always say: "it depends on what you will be using it for." My problem is: What if you don’t know what you want to use it for?!?!?
Why? why would u make this? why ?π if my parents see this then there goes my chance of buying a gaming laptop π
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P.s : a very good informative video though ππ»
Macbook in front of Josh answers it all
GPU is really important for someone who makes mobile apps and runs virtual devices. those virtual devices use much power
As a cloud engineer, I and most of my colleagues use McBook Proβs.
The pen test hacker colleagues use Linux. The office staff use Windows.
Let’s say I have 500gb already but I cant upgrade, would an external drive be enough, if I cant afford another 500gb?
Since you’re talking about which laptop is good in programming, let me tell you about what happened to me a week ago (btw, it has something to do with the topic). Last month, I’ve started a course in C programming, and the machine that I started with, was a 7+ year old Toshiba Satellite P50-B, which had an Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU (4C/8T), 8 GB of DDR3L RAM (1600 MHz), 1 TB SATA SSD (initially, it had a 1 TB HDD) and an AMD Radeon R9 M265X graphics. Since I was required to use Linux for to write and compile the code, I installed Ubuntu on a VM and the performance was passable (I had a lot of sluggish animations, since this machine is old). But last week, the matrix of the screen got broken, and since my tasks (online education, because I’m a student in a university + this programming course) requires to use two screens at the same time, getting a new laptop was urgent. And because my birthday was close, I got myself an HP Pavilion 15 (eh-1060-nu), which has an AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU (6C/12T, Zen 2) with an integrated Radeon Vega 7 GPU, 8 GB of DDR4 RAM (3200 MHz, and in dual channel mode, which I’m planning to upgrade soon to 16 GB) and a 512 GB NVMe SSD, and so far, it’s a great machine. Yes, I got it in the worst time possible (due to the release of new laptops with the latest generation of CPUs), but as I said, I needed a new one immediately. Now, my Ubuntu VM runs better than my old one, the design and features are good for the price, but there’s one drawback, and it’s on the audio side. The DAC on this laptop sucks (it lacks bass and depth), so I recommend to get an external adapter, if you want great audio while having your wired headphones connected.
Big thanks to Jarrod for having me round. It was great fun to talk laptops and all things Tech!!
I just got a 13" with i7 11th, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD and iRIS Xe as my portable machine
Jarrod just stare on him. "listen on him! He is an expert!" π€£
ohh mann I love this Jared guy! <3
Wow, impressive background Josh! Well Done!
awesome content!
How do I cap FPS on a legion 5 pro to 60FPS for battery? (Sorry for unrelated i’m posting this everywhere because I can’t find it)
I think this review is a bit biased if you ask me. Dude seems like a Macintosh Fanboy.
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You actually WANT a 4K screen on a 17" screen?! It only has downsides compared to a 1080p at that screen size:
1. It’s dimmer than an 1080p and typically has lower refresh rate
2. you are required to start scaling your desktop so in some cases it loses any advantage
3. the worst thing is that some older hardware doesn’t scale well and it doesn’t interact well with your OS’s configurations so it’s either unusable or just scaled hideously
Great video! However I don’t agree with webcam comments. We don’t have to even open cam. Listening to different professionals is very useful for any developer who want to upgrade his/her laptop.
I cant see the pixels on 17” 1920×1080, for me higher than that its just wasting fps =P
Jerrod go on Programmed to Chill
It’s cool knowing this was shot upside down
This was really helpful, thank youππΏ I’m just a simple researcher in the medical fieldππ
Is any good gaming laptop a good programming laptop?
Nice shirt man, one of the best Finnish metal album in modern tines
So ryezn 5500u good for programming??
Insomnium πππ
I think the message of the video should be that it doesn’t matter. Programming is about ideas and the development process. can be done on any machine running Linux
It’s a pity Framework doesn’t ship to Australia.
RTX has more cuda cores so surely that will help in AI/ML stuff
If you’re doing any kind of close to hardware or kernel level system programming DO NOT get the MacBook. MacOS don’t have posix compatible system-calls and the biggest problem is the architecture which is ARM and not x86_64. There are more toolchains and compiler options in x86 not to mention you also get rid of the hassle of cross compiling for 2 architectures. Always get a x86 laptop.
Dell Precision guys?
Thanks for this video! I’m a programming student and my current laptop was hitting it’s limits( i’ve being trying to limit my usage and adapt but i can’t do that anymore) so i’ve being looking up nice laptops i could buy and ngl i got very confused cuz i see many different recommendations some say this laptop is good some say it’s bad i was very confused π . This video and your review videos were really just.. right to the point i like them so much Thanks!!
awesome, very relative and detailed. Thank you for such a collaboration. Please include a short comment or some short test that would be useful for developers in laptop reviews. π
Josh, it is now the end of January. When are you coming back with more laptop reviews? I get so much from your videos. Hope all is well with you
Insomnium π€
16 gb ram is the standard and minimum for software development. I wonder if the new Samsung Tab S 8 Ultra is capable of doing Software development lol, because it’s a tablet with 16 gb of ram for the beefed up version.
Let me add my few lines, for what it is worth:
1. For students, Mac and Linux are the awesome shit. I use(d) my Macbook 16inch and it is exactly capable of what I wanna do in university. Do not go 8GB (It is like 30bugs less) It is not worth it and Chrome will punish you.
2. When I am working, many bigger companies use Windows, because Microsoft has the upper hand in enterprise administration. Many programms written in C#, C,C++ will not compile on Mac and you will have to do ALOT of adapting, which would not be worth it at all. I suggest a Windows Laptop here.
3. That said Windows has this beautiful software: Microsoft Visual Studio, which is a beast of an IDE. It likes 6 Cores+, a SSD and eats RAM.
I found my computer (Chrome + Visual Studio + Outlook + Discord + Chess Website with Engine (1GB)) to be filled with 16 GBs of RAM. It might be time for you to go 32 GB, for me the time has come.