Very helpful to get your perspective. Thank you!

I agree

+1

There is no such thing as great laptop for coding.

The key to learning a language is input. The more you listen and the harder the material, the better. Keep at it dude.

Thanks Keene

@@JustJoshTech when will you speak on the benefits of the dedicated navigation keys:- Home, End, PgUp, PgDn , for students and programmers. These keys makes the laptop more productive. I have to buy the 16" inch version of the Yoga Pro 9i only because the 14inch does not have the Column of the navigation keys(Home, End, PgUp, PgDn). You can use those keys navigation keys as dedicated on the 16inch variant when the numpad is off.

Future data analyst here, same thing here! I've even made my windows and font sizes smaller due to lack of screen space, so my next laptop will definitely be 16+

Im coding only on my laptop and using 14.2 inch M2 Pro, don't have any issues to be honest.

Maybe not a solution to your problem depending on what you are specifically referring too, but having a Mac with an iPad is absolutely amazing. The way these connect is a breeze and acts like device you can bring around anywhere to digest content and such, as well as being a perfect secondary screen. I typically put my laptop on a stand and then put my iPad on the keyboard of my laptop. With this, I use an external keyboard and mouse. 100% recommended.

Just to clarify, I use a 15 inch Dell Precision and tend to have many windows open for Visual Studio, SSMS, browser, etc. During the day, I'm either connected to a 49" widescreen or a pair of 24" monitors so I have no issue with screen space. However, I often want to do additional work on an evening or even just play with new tech whilst relaxing on the sofa and this is when I just find a 15" screen means I'm swapping windows too often, so a 17" would offer some more space. I have tried a wireless connection to a 14" Galaxy tab and while this works well to extend the display, it just isn't practical on the sofa. Whilst I love the performance and overall quality of the MacBook 16, I'm a Windows guy at heart and find myself gravitating to the Dell XPS 17. Unfortunately, even the lazy 2023 refresh still causes disappointment with only a 720p webcam so I would like to know about other 17" laptops or workstations. Manufacturers like Lenovo and HP may have been an option in the past but they both seem to have dropped 17" screens and limit customers to 16" (which doesn't offer much more screen space than than my work 15"). I do like the thought of the Razer 18" but price and bad support reputation put me off. The Alienware m18 also gets some good reviews but its bulk and weight would likely crush my lap ;-)

@@soulfabuk have you tried to increase the resolution? I do this on my mac and then increase font size a tad, and this gives me more space to work with (i also do this on my tablet). This allows me to have a smaller more portable device with more space to work with.

I think i will. There is tones of interest!

I would personally wait until the Framework Laptop 16 is out. The screen specs were just revealed and they look EPIC! (Unfortunately, it has been delayed to summer 2023, meaning I'll have to limp along without Nvidia, which is a problem, but the alternative is wasting more money on an imperfect laptop I'll probably use for less than a year...)

​@@JustJoshTech Yeah, I think most coders have pretty set up home or office spaces they do the majority of their work in and having the main screen be large enough to be useful along side larger monitors is a huge QOL improvement. And it's still pretty portable when you are on the go. And if you're a gamer too or need a GPU, then going bigger is even more of a no brainer

@@JustJoshTech I am currently in the market to buy a 16" coding laptop, preferably 16:10 and it's very hard to sort everything out. When can we expect a video on this?

@@adamrawji Probably when the Framework 16 releases👀

Did you get a new one if so which one? Or which one would you recommend?

@@lobotomizedjesse After graduating, I bought a 14" MacBook Pro (refurb M2 Pro, 12 core CPU) for work. Its been adequate, but I definitely do feel it struggling a little with the 16GB of memory

@harrydang9 oh thanks for reaching out. I'll gladly add it to my list. I'll try and find one with 32g ram

Why don't use battery saving mode and switch your GPU into IGP to save more power?

Yup came here to say this too.

The weight of 16 inch and 14 inch laptops are night and day....

@@daghetto101 I never claimed otherwise, but I personally prefer a 16 inch laptop even if it’s less portable

@@daghetto101not really

Thank you! Please share with friends and co-workers!

Thank you! People are sleeping on ThinkPad T14 laptops. The ease of compatibility with Linux and upgradable RAM & SSD makes it a must for programmers. At my job, most programmers are using these as their laptops. They are encouraged to use WSL and VS if they work in the office. My favorite is Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G3. Great build quality, great keyboards, and runs WSL flawlessly. Only issue is battery life is...meh. Only front-end developers are using MacBooks.

I doubt whether the T14 will manage to run a 30GB LLM like Mixtral

Which one did you buy ?

@@Baka100 always apple because of logo 🤣🤣😂😂 just joking

Which one did you buy please help I need one for Python and sql

Hi What about , HP SPECTRE x360? does it handle all the load ?

@@santoshpatelpilli1190 I don't know much about newer Spectres, but I had one before the X1 Yoga. It was nice, but over the course of 3 years, its screen backlight and trackpad both broke. I think the Spectre machines focus so much on looks that they aren't physically built tough enough. Meanwhile my X1 is still going strong, nothing broken.

What specs did you get?

Similar story here. Dell XPS 13 9310 working perfectly with Ubuntu, while Mac Pro 13 M1 and MacOS was a... misunderstanding.

@@mayureshs80 13th gen i9, RTX 4070, 512SSD, 32G DDR5, FHD.

@@JimKanaris No fan issues when doing normal task web browsing and spreadsheets?

@@mayureshs80 You can hear them when underload but nothing crazy. It's a pretty quiet machine. So far I'm really impressed. I used to own a 7590 (OLED) and 9500 (UHD). I had serious issues with those.

The screen quality on that laptop is horrible tho. Had one and sold it.

@@mohammadelnayef You actually can upgrade them

Thank you

Funny thing is I'm also a student of Data science and Ai so this video is basicly made for me 🫡

Lenovo and Dell laptops are nice. The battery life isn't as good as Macbooks, but modern ones are still good enough to get 4 hours of intense work and video before needing to be charged. 8-12 hours of light work without videos watched.

Problem is if you want to use xCode, Apple have got you by the gonads.

​@@akin242002what about hp battery life? I have used hp laptop recently and I was satisfied with its battery life.. but now I am thinking to switch to Dell, is it good to go with Dell or i stick to hp💀

@@romesh1832 It depends more on the CPU. Intel or Ryzen "U" series CPUs get good battery life beyond 4 hours. Battery life decreases once you start using more performance focused P/H/K series CPUs.

My windows laptop got bricked by an update. I agree with you as a pc only person I love the options and deals on those but I just despise Microsoft so much at this point that I'd rather bite the bullet on the mac

Whrere is the list? I don't found it on the description.

What you think about m2 air 16? Is that good for software

​@@mucahitkral8951since m2 air 16 doesnt exist it isnt goos foe software.

Which one to go for then? Please help

@@Elle-nv8gg I’m not completely up to date with the laptop market, but I’ll tell you my criteria. Other than what Josh mentioned in the video, I’d consider a machine that has great compatibility with Linux and uses an Intel or AMD CPU. I don’t know if you’ll jump straight into Linux, but if you do, I’d look at a laptop from brands like Tuxedo, System76 or Slimbook. For the big OEMs, I’d look at Lenovo or ASUS’ latest models. The brands that offer the best compatibility on all models are Lenovo and Dell, but Dell’s latest models are a real shame. For more details on compatibility of individual laptops, you can go on the Arch Wiki and look at the articles for each laptop brand. For a specific model to look for, I’d say Lenovo Thinkpad T14.

In which language you are coding if I am allowed to ask because 16 GB might be very Limited

@@msx94 Yeah no worries. Currently I am using both Java and Flutter. Also I would never tell you not to get more memory. You get what fits your needs. For me, 16gb fits my needs.

Hey sir i just started programming journey i wish if you could help me with that ?🤟​@@sjdlove

BS. You can do serious work on almost any laptop. Even 12.5 inches 10 y.o Thinkpads.

new macbook airs have 15 inch screens.

should i choose Ryzen 5 7640HS or i5 13420H?

@@YunaniXVI It really depends on your use case. If you're doing something that will take advantage of the extra cores and threads, the i5 is the clear choice. However, the Ryzen is going to have a higher base clock, with better power and thermal efficiency for longer battery life, and arguably better integrated graphics, all of which are beneficial for laptops.

@@sjewkes1 thank you

it has glossy screen. I think it is better to have a matte screen.

​@@tarkgundogdu8940 Hey! Thanks for recommendation. May I ask if you have programming in your daily use case? I am not able to convince myself that 14in will be good enough for vscode, but I have never tried anything below 15.6in. A monitor is not always on option since I am away from my setup for 1-2 weeks in a month.

Is asus zenbook 14 with ryzen 7 a good choice for computer engineering?

oh yeah more than enough. make sure have 16gb or more of ram and an ipad air or just a wacom tablet to write all the math equations and ure set.@@qs_ma8017

Hey bud, what are the specs on your ThinkPad? I want to get one too.

Except for the new x1c, with OLED.... awful touchpad support, no webcam support... x13 on the other hand, great

​@@neilduffy334 The touchpad was bad for the X1C 9, and the webcam was sub par at 720p and 60hz refresh rate. However, that has changed for the X1C 10. Better touchpad, and 1080p webcam. Add on Intel's12th gen P series CPU. Only remaining issue is heat when the workload gets CPU intense. Still great for scripting languages like Python, R, Ruby, or Lua. I'd recommend the ThinkPad T series for intense programming work. C, C++, Rust, Java, C# or Go.

@@akin242002 I recently had the x13 gen 3 & the x1 carbon gen 10 oled. The screen on the x1c was great, but everything else was poor. The glass touchpad gained an oil stain / fingerprint mark I could not remove (x13 mylar was no issue), and the sensitivity was poor compared to x13.

@@neilduffy334 I was issued the x1c10 without OLED. No issues from me.

Good comment. Thank you

still not going to buy apple product because I care about raw power not battery 😄😄😁😁

So what laptops are preferred for AI and ML related field.... Will Mac be fine?

@@srinidhibs5460 any laptop is fine if you don't want dGPU in your laptop. You can use colab or kaggle if your University for any reason does not provide you with GPU cluster access. Try to get one which is portable, has a good screen (and bigger screen) and a good keyboard. Try to find something cheap (probably look into used laptops) if you are a student and save money. You don't need a Mac unless you really want to have one.

@@srinidhibs5460 no for ML windows laptops are good ther are very powerful compare to MacBook and also you can install Linux on it only drawback is battery but you are getting raw power and ML need high end CPU and GPU mainly GPU for ML, buy a dedicated GPU laptop with 16 to 32 gig of Ram also also the the pro features of microsoft office is only for windows not macOS for good keyboard go for ThinkPad series

Yea very important! Try to avoid dual gpus like Intel gpu + Nvidia. Avoid that, just buy a amd processor with integrated gpu (ryzen). Without a dedicated gpu. Linux will thank you!

@@MelroyvandenBerg you can disable nvidia gpu and use the integrated one

been using linux mint for 2 or 3 years now and love it. It's a shame it doesn't even get mentioned in a lot of videos like this

Late comment, but wsl exists

I agree. This one I need to do in a dedicated video or individual reviews

Thanks Chris!

Yeah thay sucks when it happens. Especially if it's a bad screen

Yep. I currently have a stack of laptop boxes taller than me. Thanks for the comment

No probs Emmanuel

Hi what do you think about m1 air? I am just starting learning coding I am thinking of buying one Is it cheaper do you suggest m1 air?

@@mustafauludogann Second hand T480 with Linux.

I think it’s also a correction method issue. For these kinds of things, all my professors told their students to do the benchmarks on their own, but also that results are validated at correction in a controlled environment (a Linux virtual machine). That would be very easy to get a grade revision for this.

Any explanation on why they couldn't parallelize their code? I haven't used an M1/M2 Macbook, but I don't see any reasons why you'd have any issues writing multithreaded software on them. I've written multithreaded programs for university using C and OpenMP and was able to build and run them with no issues on a desktop, ARM phone and RPI

Work gave us Macbooks, first time I've ever used a Mac, and I've been using it for multithreading and have not encountered any issues whatsoever with coding. In fact, this little machine has pretty much blown my mind as far as filling all the boxes for me. I'm a newer mac user but pleasantly been a fan of these new silicon chips.

Which Apple MacBook would you recommend then?

Any of the MacBook Pro would be a great development machine with 32 GB RAM and 512 SSD minimum

I user 14 inch laptop with 27 inch external monitor it seems to me good combination.

Lol

Good point

Wow. And thanks

Helpful. Thank you

Oh, you got licensed in Counter Strike ? That's AWESOME!

Thanks Carlos! I definitely work hard at it