QUOTE(bibirbieber @ May 23 2021, 10:59 PM)
Hi, I'm a web application developer using JAVA.
Currently I'm using Thinkpad L480 for my development and I'm not that happy with the laptop and planning to buy a laptop for coding purposes.
I encountered posts online some saying that Ryzen is the way to go for coding and some say Intel is good enough for coders.
Im confused whether to buy Thinkpad T14 gen 2(Intel) or gaming laptops thats comes with Ryzen cpu such as Asus G14
Can sifus here advice me on this?
Inter vs AMD doesn't really matter, any performance difference is going to be rather negligible in the same price range. To me there are other important factors to consider
1) Screen - you'll be looking at this the whole day, make sure its a good screen. IPS > Tn. You might not think its a big issue, but depending on how you set up your IDE colors schemes, a screen with good color and contrast will let you have subdued colors that are not distracting but still useful. (e.g. whitespace/tab indicators, lighter comment colors, hints, etc)
2) Keyboard - Your primary input into your work, you better make sure its comfortable to type on.
3) Build quality - The last thing you want is pieces of your laptop falling off, or your screen wobbling as you type.