Cheap laptop with tidy screen?!
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Can anyone advise, I don’t have a windows laptop, just a chrome book.
I would like to learn some python, so I don’t need anything power hungry. I use my iPhone for 99% of tasks. But I do appreciate a tidy looking screen!
I don’t have any idea about laptops really, I should learn more and a bit of programming to get me started is a start
I’m happy to go refurbished or second hand on eBay.
Any ideas?
I would like to learn some python, so I don’t need anything power hungry. I use my iPhone for 99% of tasks. But I do appreciate a tidy looking screen!
I don’t have any idea about laptops really, I should learn more and a bit of programming to get me started is a start
I’m happy to go refurbished or second hand on eBay.
Any ideas?
https://www.codecademy.com/article/programming-pyt...
If you are just starting out, looks like you can use your Chromebook.
With Python, I’d use Linux or Mac OS any day of the week over Windows. Lots of packages require dependencies baked into Linux / Mac OS. If you decide to get a Windows laptop, I suppose you could use WSL. Don’t have much experience of it, because I switched to a Mac for this sort of thing back in the days of Windows 7 when WSL wasn’t available. Maybe someone else can chime in?
If you are just starting out, looks like you can use your Chromebook.
With Python, I’d use Linux or Mac OS any day of the week over Windows. Lots of packages require dependencies baked into Linux / Mac OS. If you decide to get a Windows laptop, I suppose you could use WSL. Don’t have much experience of it, because I switched to a Mac for this sort of thing back in the days of Windows 7 when WSL wasn’t available. Maybe someone else can chime in?
Edited by wyson on Monday 19th June 20:06
the word 'tidy' with regards to screen could mean many things here. Do you mean resolution, size, desktop clutter...?
I find value to be had in ex-enterprise Lenovo Thinkpad X240s or similar from eBay. Many are full HD, they're built like tanks, and easy to upgrade if needed.
If you really are only interested in learning python, most laptops in the made in the last 10 years will be overkill. Including your chromebook.
If you are interested in becoming a software developer with multiple languages under your belt, you might find windows or MacOS better for you, since the majority of integrated development environments (IDE) and online support is for these OS.
Either way the solution from code academy someone posted above would be a better start than dropping money on something. Most of your time getting started will be staring at a terminal window, which is as tidy on a £2000 macbook as it is a £10 compaq - and indeed any Chromebook
I find value to be had in ex-enterprise Lenovo Thinkpad X240s or similar from eBay. Many are full HD, they're built like tanks, and easy to upgrade if needed.
If you really are only interested in learning python, most laptops in the made in the last 10 years will be overkill. Including your chromebook.
If you are interested in becoming a software developer with multiple languages under your belt, you might find windows or MacOS better for you, since the majority of integrated development environments (IDE) and online support is for these OS.
Either way the solution from code academy someone posted above would be a better start than dropping money on something. Most of your time getting started will be staring at a terminal window, which is as tidy on a £2000 macbook as it is a £10 compaq - and indeed any Chromebook
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