I would go so far as to say that no one should game on a laptop. Unless you're into really old low resource requirement games. Usually 9 times out of ten, the money spent on a low end gaming laptop you'd get a passable and reasonably future proof desktop that will game pretty well. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 11:23 doug moen, <<a href="mailto:doug@moens.org">doug@moens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">"Computer science" covers a lot of ground.<div><br></div><div>My computer science work involves a lot of 3D graphics, and I need a good GPU.</div><div>Machine learning can also be GPU heavy, I've heard.</div><div>If you are compiling a lot of source code (I work with open source C++ code on github), a fast SSD helps, since this workload involves a lot of file i/o.</div><div>Some computer science workloads require lots of RAM, it depends on what kinds of programs you are running.</div><div>Without any context, I'd recommend 8-16 GB of RAM, and check if the RAM is upgradeable.</div><div>If a lot of coding is involved, then having a good keyboard can be important. The chiclet keyboard on the MacBook air I'm using is only just barely adequate, and I can type faster and more accurately on a "real" workstation keyboard. But that's just me: different people have different keyboard preferences.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't play games, but that requires a good GPU, and I personally recommend the nvidia GTX 10xx series.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 September 2018 at 10:05, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ushetaf@gmail.com" target="_blank">ushetaf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="en-US" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:initial"> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hi</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thank you for the advise.</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In that case I think we can use the default Windows 10 OS that comes with it. That would make it much easier.</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">On this note, does any have any laptop recommendations for the purpose of gaming and computer science work?</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Regards </div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Ushe</div> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div> <div style="font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">_______________________________________________<br>Life Is Simple. Do not complicate anything.<span><br><br><br>Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone </span></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha Sans','Slate Pro';font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>CrankyOldBugger</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 12, 2018 08:20</div><div><b>To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kwlug-disc] Best and Economical Gaming And programing laptops</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="m_-3220795675868531396h5"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(186,188,209);border-top-width:1pt;font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div><br><div id="m_-3220795675868531396m_4423209827089513284_originalContent"><div dir="ltr"><div>While I'm not familiar with those two models, my rule of thumb when purchasing new hardware is to go to the manufacturer's website and see if they provide Linux drivers for all of the hardware involved.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 September 2018 at 01:45, Ushe T <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ushetaf@gmail.com" target="_blank">ushetaf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div lang="en-US"><div>Hello Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I need your help and advice. My young brother is in University now.</div><div>We need to purchase a Laptop that is very good with high performance gaming and works well with language programing.</div><div><br></div><div>He is taking computer science in the University.</div><div><br></div><div>So far we have: the following options:</div><div>1) Asus Tuf i5 FX504GM</div><div>2) Acer Nitro i5 Nvidia GTX 1060</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone has better recommendations they are welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div><br>Regards <span class="m_-3220795675868531396m_4423209827089513284HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Ushe</div></font></span></div>
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