Hello Lemmings,

My 5 year old gaming laptop finally needs to be replaced. I need a new laptop for programming and light gaming. I no longer game on a laptop but a desktop. Though being able to play even outside would be nice so the laptop should be able to play at least Team Fortress 2. I’ll be installing a Linux distro on it. My budget is around 800-1000€. The screen should be 14 or 15 inches. The battery should last at least 6 hours while not doing anything heavy as video editing or gaming.

  • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Not many suggestions seem to be forthcoming and the laptops I have are outside of your budget or bought at a time when medium range laptops were cheaper. Your budget is unfortunately below what the linux laptop vendors I know ship. So, to narrow down your parameters:

    • Go for AMD --> less to no issues with Linux
      • will most likely be an “APU” (CPU with integrated graphics) which are OK-ish for gaming --> check https://www.notebookcheck.net/ for the APU you find and ensure your game or an equivalent can be played with it
    • 16GB is nearly too little (depending on what you do) so try to get 32GB
    • Use https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search_computer to check how compatible your choice is with linux
    • 500GB SSD is kinda standard, but as a dev downloading whatever dependencies or compiling, aim for higher (1TB should be enough)

    Edit: Why does your gaming laptop have to be replaced? Hardware issues? Often those are quite good for programming.

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    • asudox@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      The problem with my gaming laptop is that there’s some hardware issues that are pretty costly. I’d rather just get a new laptop at that point.