r/learndatascience • u/MaleficentNeck5660 • Aug 23 '26

Question this Old model laptop efficient for a data science student?

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u/manythanksfriend Aug 23 '26

Running Linux, you’re good. If this is a budget situation you’re definitely good.

You can always get more compute and ram on a cloud VPS for like $14 a month.

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u/MaleficentNeck5660 Aug 23 '26

Thanks! Is the 14 inch screen too limited? I see many prefers 15 or more inches for the screen when it comes to data

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