Laptop for Programming
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(October 14, 2022, 11:45 AM)AndrewScott63 Wrote: A laptop for programming must have certain features to make coding more accessible and efficient.
A processor of at least 5 GHz is necessary for most programming languages, and at least 4 GB of RAM is recommended.
The laptop should also have much storage space, as programming often requires large files.
A solid-state drive is ideal, as they are faster than traditional hard drives.


5 GHz Processor?
My Intel Pentium Laugh At You  😁
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(October 24, 2022, 11:39 AM)RachelDare Wrote: thats what github is for


Github is for getting banned there permanently and losing your code even before your SSD dies. And also for making it easier for the authorities to call your code illegal and to arrest you unless you are taking anonymity measures carefully.


(October 26, 2022, 05:22 PM)geniusentity Wrote: SSD is for the operating system partition,
and it can be for the currently being edited copy of the code or application resources, which you should backup at least once everyday either online or to another/separate normal hard disk.


Well, if you use the SSD this way, as something like "quasi-RAM", as I would call it, AND if you agree to lose one day of work once, then yes. But I don't think programming requires so fast read/write speeds very often, to justify the efforts in the end of each day. And if you are installing two disks anyway and tolerate slightly slower saving time during your work instead of backup copying after the work, then a RAID of two HDDs will be a cheaper, more reliable, and easier to use option.
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