Hi,
I want to select laptop and now I select between
Dell Precision 7740 Workstation Laptop | 17.3" 1920x1080 FHD | Core i7-9750H - 512GB SSD Hard Drive - 32GB RAM - Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000 | 6 cores @ 4.5 GHz - 4GB GDDR6
like at
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Precision-7740-Laptop-17-3/dp/B095MGPPHY
and
Dell Precision 7760 Workstation Laptop PC 17.3 Inch FHD Intel Core i7-11850H Processor, 32GB Ram, 1TB NVMe SSD, HDMI, Thunderbolt, NVIDIA T1200 4GB GDDR6
like at
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Precision-Workstation-i7-11850H-Thunderbolt/dp/B0BSVSDXY5
The configurations are similar, but the first is more expansive and with difference 8-core Processor and 6-core Processor in them.
I am PHP/JS - developer and usually I use ubuntu OS and I will install Kubuntu 24.04 on the new laptop.
I wonder if productivity with 8-core Processor for the first laptop would be very significant?
I do not want to overpay from one side, but from the other side I want to buy laptop not for next 1-2 year only…
What would you advice(if possible from your person expierence)…
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For PHP and JS development you don’t need a powerful machine. Only for video development, gaming with high-tech games, and if you need to have a lot of programs open at the same time.
I use PHP and JS daily as well, including a local server (XAMPP), and I can even do it without any significant problems on my DELL Latitude E6500, a 15-year old machine.
It does not handle some state-of-the-art CSS/JS visual techniques smoothly, but then I should not use those, because the people visiting the websites that I make may have a old computer as well.
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I had a dell G-series laptop with a Core i7-9750H and if I recall a 1070gtx gpu. It’s my daughter’s now and she is able to play cyberpunk on it all be it low settings. It was certainly enough for web development and I even comfortably used it for 3D modeling and rendering.
If it is being used as a desktop I would say a key consideration is the display ports. I upgraded a couple of years ago to an Acer predator with an i7-12700h and 3070ti. It has an hdmi and a usb-c display port meaning I can have two 32inch monitors connected to it.
Having those displays really does make a difference and enables me to code on one monitor, whilst having previews or/and reference material in the second.
What I would say is prices look a bit crazy at the moment. The dell cost me just over a £1000 and the Acer around £1500. Prices have currently sky rocketed by the looks of it, with similar configs being closer to the £2000 mark. Note: I did have a look on bestbuy and newegg for dollar prices and it appears to be the same story. My thought is it maybe worth holding on.