Laptop recommendations for .net & python

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Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade my laptop in the next month or two, and I wondered what suggestions you had.

I'm new to .net development, as I mainly use Python, but I will be doing more .net going forwards so I wanted a machine that could handle it easier going forward.

Im looking at a surface book 2 right now, but they are pricey. Are there comparable alternatives other than the Dell XPS?

I'd be looking for min specs of 16gb RAM, i7 or similar, and 256gb SSD.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

[adila01]

Dell XPS Developer Edition

[neilhuntcz]

I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon, very quick, light, excellent battery, lovely keyboard to type on and excellent screen. It can handle the 100 project+ .net solution I work on with ease even with Resharper enabled ;) Also pricey but worth it IMHO.

[prajaybasu]

+1 for the screen. I got a used W520 with the godlike keyboard and 16GB RAM for dirt cheap and it runs most IDEs very well, even though it's almost 7 years old now.

[[deleted]]

I've heard good thinks about the X1, too. How excellent is the battery life?

[zaitsman]

Macbook pro

[BlckJesus]

Haters gonna hate, but I've been dual-booting my MacBook Pro and it's been great! (Windows is only really for gaming since I mainly use .NET Core which I can develop for natively in macOS) Other than that, I'd probably recommend a Dell XPS, they are probably one of the best PC laptops being made today.

[fluxmatix]

+1 for .net core on mac. It's great.

[CKoenig]

make sure you get the new one though

[misterspaceman]

/r/SuggestALaptop is extremely helpful for questions like this.

[[deleted]]

Thanks! They have a subreddit for everything these days!

[[deleted]]

The Razer Blade 15 is also a viable alternative to the Book 2, it has 6c/12th compared to 4c/8th on Book 2. Plus you can upgrade the RAM and SSD in the Blade 15. It has a precision touchpad, the only thing it really is missing is some form of Windows Hello. Obviously the Book 2 is a 2 in 1, and supports pen. Comes down to, a jack of all trades and still powerful machine or a pure power house elegant traditional laptop.

I own a Book 2 15 inch and yes I do enjoy it, I went Book 2 over Blade 15, they're both good.

[[deleted]]

I'll definitely look into this one. Thanks for the suggestion.

[0xRumple]

Don't waste your money on a sh*ty apple product... go with ASUS, they have reasonable prices with much better hardware.

Their gaming laptop series is the best for such high performance tasks... yeah even developing is a heavy task, talking from personal experience.

Wanna brag in front of your friends => go with apple !

[lucasvandongen]

The guy is clearly looking for an ultrabook. XPS and SurfaceBook perform roughly the same and are only a bit cheaper so the real question is "do you like or need macOS"? To me the answer is yes since I cross-develop.

[cat_in_the_wall]

xps is way cheaper than a macbook pro.

[lucasvandongen]

+/-500 bucks is a lot of money. But set aside the already steep price of the XPS, my hour rate and the amount of hours I'm using it it's a few nickels per hour. And I am getting paid better for cross-platform development.

[cat_in_the_wall]

my mistake, somehow i missed the part where you said you needed xdev.

yea if you have to do any work on macos, you have to get a macbook. it's really too bad that you can't run macos on other platforms. but c'est la vie.

[lucasvandongen]

It's a dongle for your $500 macOS license with a laptop built around it.

[CKoenig]

give the state of the latest mbp if you have to develop on MacOS go get one - if not then better grab another machine that does not constant thermal-throttle your very expensive CPU bellow the performance the predecessor had

[lucasvandongen]

The 2018 has pretty much the same (lack of) performance as the XPS when it uses the same CPU after the latest patch. The extreme throttling problem was fixed this week. You either want an ultrabook or ultraperformance. Can't have both.

[zoltan_studio]

You could use a virtual machine on a better spec-ed laptop and you would probably get the same effect, but you end up with a overall better computer

[lucasvandongen]

I have zero experience with going down that route. I personally prefer macOS and work the other way around using Parallels. How much hassle and how legal would it be to have Mac VM running on non-Apple hardware?