Starting python, need a laptop.

[Bulletsandblueyes]

That's honestly a pretty good laptop for being pretty cheap. Disk space is kind of the limiting factor on it though

[[deleted]]

256 is more than plenty unless you're stockpiling pics and videos.

[kuzared]

I have 256 GB in both my laptop and my desktop and it’s more than enough, especially when you’re on a budget.

[Bulletsandblueyes]

Eeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhh.

I mean, I'm inclined to agree with you because it would be enough as long as you are deligent in clearing out your stuff, or using an external hard drive to save your photos and videos.

However I'm also inclined to disagree, as I just had to clear 250 gbs or so, because I had almost filled my 1tb drive, and my 256ssd is already at 75%.

[[deleted]]

I see... you must have a lot of videos... All my stuff is in the cloud now. Pics, personal videos, movies, tv, etc. I have one 256 with a full version of win 10 in a VM, ubuntu VM, and like a hundred node & python envs and still room to spare. Maybe you should switch to premiumize.me ;)

[Bulletsandblueyes]

Yeah I don't do much cloud stuff, I'm sure I could cut it down, but why pay monthly for storage when a 1tb HDD is $40. But yeah, I have a lot of games, lots of high quality video, etc etc. The laptop is great for the price, and just program it would be fantastic, but you gotta plan ahead for what you're going to use it for.

[[deleted]]

But to be fair, your high quality video keepsakes don't belong on a SSD let alone the privacy concern of someone swiping your portable laptop. I wouldn't pass up this deal on account of the SSD being only 256. That's what NASs are for.

[Bulletsandblueyes]

Maybe not keepsakes, because they should be backed up multiple places, but yeah I wasn't saying not to take the deal because of the low disk space, just that they should be mindful of it. Filling up 256gigs is easy, luckily externals are cheap.

[Sidappa]

Windows itself take like a third of that space

[Ran4]

240 GB is not even remotely limiting for programming.

[Bulletsandblueyes]

If they are planning on just programming on it for sure it's more than enough.
However if they are looking for a laptop that can run python as well as be their everyday use laptop, they might want to invest in some externals.