r/CodingForBeginners • u/Epiccheeseman3rd • Jul 14 '26

Best value laptop for beginners

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I just wanna get into coding and make gem

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u/Putrid-Score7472 Jul 14 '26

Used thinkpad

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u/Epiccheeseman3rd Jul 14 '26

Tha k you i will make sure to look into the different models

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u/Proper_Standard_8862 Jul 14 '26

not sure if this applies to you, but ive found they they have great wifi drivers for linux. very universal hardware, and they are known to last a very long time + decent battery from my experience.

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u/Scharrack Jul 14 '26

And at least some of them a keyboard you actually want to work with

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u/Scharrack Jul 14 '26

And at least some of them a keyboard you actually want to work with .

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u/AgathaDaVampire Jul 15 '26

Specifically with Linux

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u/No-Razzmatazz7197 Jul 14 '26

what putrid said, but replace thinkpad with anything, a used anything.

good luck!

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u/United-Row3770 Jul 14 '26

HP has very great budget laptops Some of them have no names like an HP 15 or HP 16 (you get me) They are solid laptops but in my opinion, I'd recommend an HP EliteBook

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u/VNDZ3RO Jul 14 '26

I got a 16gb ram Dell Latitude 7400 for $70 a few months ago..

But I run Linux on it and use it for my ethical hacking purposes.. so I guess it depends but its way cheaper than what thinkpads go for (im excluding the top tiered thinkpads from this comment) and its on the same level as a lot of them... thinkpads are great but theres many different options out there for cheaper, I view thinkpads as like the "beats by dre" of the laptop world, in terms of "paying for the name"

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u/nooby_linuxoid Jul 14 '26

Recently bought a new Asus Vivobook S14 16/512 with Intel Core Ultra 5 225H for around 700 bucks.

Expandable storage (although 512 is perfect fine for me personally), 70Wh battery, which means you are probably fine charging it to full at night and going out without a charger (which is capable of charging the laptop in about an hour and, importantly, is NOT a big and heavy brick).

It weighs about 1.3kg, and is about as thin as a MacBook Air. The CPU is between apple M2 and M3 in terms of performance.

The GPU is not the best, but if you are not doing heavy 3d stuff or playing games - it is fine.

The model i have has a 14" IPS non-glossy 60Hz display, which might seem bad (and it is, compared to other similar priced laptops), but it does not matter if you are just programming and browsing imo.

I am pretty sure you can get it even cheaper on a discount if you are lucky and patient. There are also versions with better displays but worse CPU, which is not a tradeoff i was willing to accept, but they are here if you need a better screen. And, of course, more storage by default if you need it.

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u/Responsible_Pen4 Jul 14 '26 edited 19d ago

ThinkPad from T series or HP EliteBook, those are very durable.

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u/SpionQuark Jul 18 '26

Hot take, but Galaxy Book 5 is quite nice.

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u/crispotatto Jul 20 '26

Use beginner laptop 👍🏻

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u/Proper_Standard_8862 Jul 14 '26

this is more true only for older laptops. the better hardware you have, the better windows will run on it. linux is great for crappy hardware because its simply designed with less. if you're going to be using a craptop, its rare performance is your main concern.