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what is the best laptop under 1000$ for programming and gaming with i5 processor,500 hdd hardisk(for my friend)
Since you want gaming I believe you'd need windows. Here's Toshiba L 850 Toshiba Satellite L850 Satellite L850-Y5310 Laptop 3rd Gen Ci7/8GB/750GB/2GB graphics/Win 7 HP - Toshiba: Flipkart.comwhat is the best laptop under 1000$ for programming and gaming with i5 processor,500 hdd hardisk(for my friend)
Hi everyone,If you're open to Linux systems, the Pangolin Performance is the computer in your range that I would buy.
It depends on a lot of things. If you start adding features, I think you'll find the Lenovo to go up in price much faster than the Pangolin. For example, if you configure the following:Hi everyone,
@Ackbach: Thanks very much for the link.
I too am thinking of buying a laptop and I was impressed by the System 76 ones (especially the Pangolin). But then after a lot of comparison I have a couple of doubts about the cost of this. For example one could buy a Lenovo laptop (with i7 processor of course) for roughly the same price (refer >>this<<) with Windows 8 installed. What bugs me is that why isn't the Linux installed Pangolin much cheaper?![]()
I agree. All in all I like the idea of purchasing a Linux based laptop as I have been using Windows computers all through my life and what to try out something different. The only concern here is that compared to leading laptop manufacturers like Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba etc, System 76 seems to be a bit smaller in size and I haven't met anybody who uses this brand. Do you own(or have used) a System 76?It depends on a lot of things. If you start adding features, I think you'll find the Lenovo to go up in price much faster than the Pangolin. For example, if you configure the following:
i7 processor, 8GB RAM, Win 8 Pro on the ThinkPad (you'd need the Pro version to give you all the features available on the equivalent Ubuntu OS: Windows Home Versions are not worth getting.), no office suite (to be fair, since LibreOffice runs fine on both systems), and 120GB or 128GB SSD, then you're looking at \$952.00 for the Pangolin, and \$1334.00 for the Lenovo. Support would be roughly the same, as well as the other features.
Amazon.com: Dell Inspiron i15N-3910BK 15-Inch Laptop: Computers & AccessoriesI agree. All in all I like the idea of purchasing a Linux based laptop as I have been using Windows computers all through my life and what to try out something different. The only concern here is that compared to leading laptop manufacturers like Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba etc, System 76 seems to be a bit smaller in size and I haven't met anybody who uses this brand. Do you own(or have used) a System 76?
I don't own, nor have I ever gotten, a System76 machine. The reason I would go with them is that I would be guaranteed to have a fully compatible laptop, with everything already set up correctly. There are, for example, some cutting-edge video cards that have no Linux driver. nVidia and Intel, I think, are pretty safe, usually, but the AMD cards are problematic. Also, the Pangolin Performance has a 10-key pad next to it, which I find very convenient.I agree. All in all I like the idea of purchasing a Linux based laptop as I have been using Windows computers all through my life and what to try out something different. The only concern here is that compared to leading laptop manufacturers like Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba etc, System 76 seems to be a bit smaller in size and I haven't met anybody who uses this brand. Do you own(or have used) a System 76?
On the other hand, I had a problem playing DVDs from a different geographical region in Windows Media Player. It said something about having to switch my DVD drive to a different region, which can only be done about 4 times in the lifetime of the drive. Meanwhile, VLC plays those same DVDs fine both in Windows and in Linux. By the way, you cannot play DVDs at all out of the box in Windows 8 (but it can be relatively easily fixed).Also, I've found that the media players in Ubuntu can play most DVD's, but there are a few that they can't play. That's due to the nature of licensing, etc.
I have a similar experience.What do you gain? Well, I, for one, am finding it much easier (and cheaper) to do, say, physics, on my Xubuntu machine. Why? One word: Sage. Sage runs much better in Linux than in Windows, and it's basically an open-source equivalent to Mathematica, Maple, and MATLAB. $\LaTeX$ is, of course, native in Linux, as well as many other great tools. I find it easier to do my day-to-day work on my Xubuntu laptop than my Windows 7 desktop.
can't we install windows on linux systemsIf you're open to Linux systems, the Pangolin Performance is the computer in your range that I would buy.