- Sep 30, 2013
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I need a laptop for programming and very light graphic rendering. Suggestions please.
Heads up: I live in India.
A small note: I have experienced both Intel and AMD systems and I'd like to say that I've the utmost faith in AMD. It has NEVER failed me. On the other hand my Intel systems have gone fishing in two years on an average.
Feel free to suggest either kind to me. Since I mostly need it for college work, light, portable and long battery life systems are preferred .
But perhaps the most important part is that I need the cheapest system which gives the best bang for buck. A system retailing at around Rs 25000 (~ $400) would be best.
PS: I was looking up stuff myself and I found this: Lenovo G50-45. I was wondering if its good enough. (A pointer on possible issues would be great!) My friend's got a Z50-45 series and its pretty good and very sleek.
Heads up: I live in India.
■ For Programming: I usually code in C/C++/JAVA/Web langs and hence use Sublime, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA etc. Since VS and IDEA are famous for hogging memory, 6-8gb RAM would be nice. Even a 4gb one with free RAM slots would be ok. A decent CPU (~2-2.4 GHz) should be just fine. A full size keyboard would be great (high on the priority list)
■ For Light Graphic rendering: I occasionally run MATLAB, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro. So light graphics processing would do. I don't think Intel HD graphics can handle that sort. But you be the better judge. A little low-graphics gaming would be a bonus (but not in the priority list)
A small note: I have experienced both Intel and AMD systems and I'd like to say that I've the utmost faith in AMD. It has NEVER failed me. On the other hand my Intel systems have gone fishing in two years on an average.
Feel free to suggest either kind to me. Since I mostly need it for college work, light, portable and long battery life systems are preferred .But perhaps the most important part is that I need the cheapest system which gives the best bang for buck. A system retailing at around Rs 25000 (~ $400) would be best.
PS: I was looking up stuff myself and I found this: Lenovo G50-45. I was wondering if its good enough. (A pointer on possible issues would be great!) My friend's got a Z50-45 series and its pretty good and very sleek.
. I suggest Ubuntu as I am using it for several years and it rocks. You can run most windows applications even in linux using an emulator called Wine. But still, ask as many people as possible before you take a step.
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