I have a budget of around $750 and I expect to be able to code in it. I honestly have not much idea what the ideal requirement of a laptop for a college student should be, which is why I am asking here to get an estimate of the specs I should be considering while choosing one. I would advice against naming any specific laptop as I have no guarantee of its availability in my region.

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      Well fuck so called Industry standards and class requirements.

      The digital world should be built upon non proprietary “standards”.

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        That’s a nice speech but if your boss tells you to use Premier Pro and you don’t, you get fired. If the assignment says to use Premier Pro and you turn in a Davinci Resolve project, you get a zero.

        I don’t disagree that the status quo is bad, but you can’t pretend that the standards as they are don’t exist just because you don’t agree with them.

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          Well fuck that teach if they require you to use proprietary shit.

          And fuck that company as well.

          Yes the status quo exist and I refuse to accept it.

          Besides to circle back, if company and course require software they need to have to provide it and hardware to run it on.

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            It goes without saying that it’s reasonable to expect a company you work for to provide a company computer for work purposes.

            But if a cheque from the company pays for the food on my table and the roof over my head, if they say “dance” during work hours, I’m gonna dance.

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              But if a cheque from the company pays for the food on my table and the roof over my head, if they say “dance” during work hours, I’m gonna dance.

              that’s alright, but I won’t dance.