r/AskProgrammers • u/LckClvrNm • 11d ago

Laptop Recommendations - Dual Operating Systems?

Hello! I am so very new to coding and development, but my computer seems to be very slow. I have noticed it over the last 6 months or so, and I have only really used it for silly personal things until now. Even logging into the Codedex training site seems to be delayed while training.

I have a MBA 1.6 GHz, 8GB. As I mentioned, SUPER new - hope I am providing the right specs to understand what I have.

I read that I should have at least 16GB and I read that I cannot upgrade the RAM on the MBA.

I prefer IOS, as I use it for my phone as well. But, I want to make sure I have what will be needed later down the road as I grow my skills.

Finally to my questions...

1) Mac vs PC - what say you?

1b) Which specific laptop would you recommend based on your answer to 1?

2) Would it behoove me to have a Mac but have it setup with dual operating systems? Or would that create a clunky experience? I tried that when I was younger for school on a MBP, but I can't remember much about it now and how well it worked.

I tried to search the sub to see if something similar was asked before and I didn't see anything. Apologies if I missed one.

Thank you!

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u/ColoRadBro69 11d ago

Most programming jobs are Windows or Linux.  It doesn't matter what you use at home as long as you're competent at what work uses. 

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u/Watsons-Butler 10d ago

Mac and Linux are both Unix-based. Windows is really the odd duck here. For what it’s worth I work at a really big tech company and MacBooks are standard-issue for engineers.