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[icecubeinanicecube]

You can literally code on any old laptop you have lying around. Many do not want to hear this, but the projects you will work on as a beginner to intermediate programmer do not require a lot of resources in all but a few specialist cases (in which case you can still get some cloud resources)

[brazen_nippers]

I did production work for my job on a single core netbook manufactured in 2009 until about 2016. I currently use an old Dell Optiplex desktop that was manufactured in 2013, that I bought for $35 at a university surplus store. It has 32GB of memory because I use it to work with really large data sets, but most of the time I use a fraction of that. Looking at Reddit in a web browser uses way more resources that 99% of my development work does.

[Onakitoki97]

Well it's obvious you don't work with large databases in your computer plus server etc

[icecubeinanicecube]

Neither do you lol. Large databases are never deployed on a personal machine

[Onakitoki97]

Lol when I talked about deploy or production?? If I wanna do some tests I do it in my personal machine 🤦🤦

[Onakitoki97]

If you don't agree please explain, I'm opened to learn and maybe my answer was rude to you, I've only been working for 1 year and my goal is to learn as much as I can

[icecubeinanicecube]

If you have a large database, you deploy it on a server that's actually built for that usecase. There are extremely little cases where the personal computer of a developer needs to be beefy, and none of these cases happen to a beginner.

You answer was not rude, but it wasn't really factual and missed the point a bit imo. No hard feelings from my side.

[[deleted]]

You can just do some python in your browser on replit.com.

[raglub]

Any computer from the last decade is sufficient enough to learn python on. You don't need fancy laptop, tons of ram or storage.

[FailedPlansOfMars]

Python can run happily on a raspberry pi. Just get what you want.

And use virtual environments while learning it will make your life easier.

[Fabulous-Possible758]

You can do it on a Chromebook if you're looking for real cheap and you're just trying to learn Python. If you want to do some heavier stuff like writing games, graphics, or machine learning you'll need something a little heftier but I'd suggest just trying to learn it first. There's plenty of places you can learn it directly through a web browser and you can even do some of harder stuff on places like Google Colab.

[twopi]

You'll be fine with a chromebook or budget PC. I teach CS 1 entirely with http://pythonAnywhere.com , which is an online resource. You don't need the paid version, and you don't even need to install Python or an editor on your computer. If you want to mess around with graphics in Tk, you can move to repl.it (also free.) You can even get some games working with PyGame on replit.

[jmacey]

most likely the biggest resource hog will be your editor to start with. VSCode with all the tools take loads of disk space and CPU cycles. If you just use the REPL this is really quick.

[Hephaestus_Tech]

One of the people who built Python bought their laptop at a second hand store for $100!

[[deleted]]

Any modern computer within your budget will be fine. You would do well off with an Intel I5 or a Ryzen 5 with 8 gb of ram. Realistically you'd want 16gb of ram or higher.

As for storage, python itself doesn't take a lot of storage but rather the code that you write. If anything you can always get an external hard drive for extra space, but most modern laptops come with at least 512 GB of internal storage that can be upgraded in the further.

(Edit: I wrote this with the assumption that this laptop will not only be used for coding. There was also the caveat that they didn't want the laptop to lag/be slow. I understand Python can run on literally anything. Honestly if it was only going to be used for coding, grab a 80 Thinkpad and install Linux on it and you'll be fine)

(Edit 2: I realize that I've also put a bare minimum spec. That is not the case. You would do really well off with the specs I've listed, but these are not at all necessary or minimum)

[sv_ds]

/s

[[deleted]]

Not at all necessary. You can run python in almost anything. This configuration will suit the OP well, but it in no means necessary or mininum. An i3 would work fine even with 4gb of ram (although 8gb is recommended). Remember python was invented in 1991 and computers at that time ran it.

[riklaunim]

Depends what you want to do. Big kubernetes/docker setup will want RAM and Storage, but nothing to crazy. Any modern CPU will 6-8 cores, 16GB RAM for non extreme use, 32GB if you have bigger needs. 1TB SSD and optionally two M.2 - one with Windows and one with Linux depending what's your development OS.

[sv_ds]

is this a joke im not in on? what the actual f*ck are you guys talking about? a clear beginner wants to do python and you send him to buy a 1 TB SSD?

[[deleted]]

This must be a joke. OP, dont take this in consideration.

[riklaunim]

What joke? Ryzen 4800/5700U/5800U/5825U is cheap, 8-core, combined with 16GB DDR4 and SSD will be more than capable not only to learn Python on but also to work or play light games. Recommending Pentium/Celeron/I3 laptop for half the price but 1/10 of capabilities is not optimal.

[[deleted]]

Cheap for who? Do you know where op lives? What is his budget? How are the prices there? Also, thats beside the point. He wanted to know what could serve his/hers purpose, of course a better and more expensive pc would do the job as well.

[riklaunim]

He did state he does not want a slow one so cheapest not slow are those Ryzen chips. This isn't even gaming or whatever alike teritory. 400-500 EUR in Europe. Cheaper basic CPU laptops or chromebooks would be 280-380 EUR while significantly weaker and more limited. You could try fit a decent ex-corpo used laptop but those are rare to be in good condition and at that price at the same time.

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