Looking for a cheap laptop for programming

pacho21

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Hello guys!

I have been looking arround for a cheap SSD laptop with somenthing like i5 processor and 8gb ram. My head is almost blowing and i'm running out of brands.

I'm looking for a reasonable laptop for programming with 8gb ram (for android studio pretty much and running virtual machines during practices with other operating sistems).

My idea, or what I started looking for, was intel i5 and ssd, however i found myself in the situation where if you want an ssd you have to go for 4gb ram and if you want an 8gb ram laptop you should spend alot of money, and if you are going to spend a lot of money is a macbook air with i5 and 8gb ram and an ssd for that same price as a lenovo asus or the rest of the familiar brands of laptops worth?

So do you have any recomendations for me ? Will a core i3 laptop be posible to run windows 10 with a virtual machine of Debian or somenthing? Is it better to buy the SSD and install it myself?
Also if you could advice me if a Mac would be a good investition in this case (i'm looking for a laptop for work and study).

Thank you in advance.
 
Solution
Look for a unit with minimum hard drive and buy your own ssd as an upgrade.
Ditto for ram, just plan on upgrading the ram yourself.
It is usually much cheaper that way.

pacho21

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It's a great deal but I live in spain so it doesn't apply =( however I checked the dell's option and still arround 800€
Sorry I had to write maybe the country... I'm looking for somenthing with "fixed" price more or less that is not going with some special offer so I can buy it here in spain (amazon for exemple)
 

pacho21

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I was thinking about that since I have one ssd already. Do you have any recomended brand for me ?
 

kaystoner

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Check eBay - look for "Microsoft Certified Refurbishers" with high seller ratings, which are selling laptops in bulk. You can get some amazing deals on professional-grade machines w/ a lot of disk space, etc -- low prices, even w/ the shipping. All depends if you can get it shipped to Spain, tho