I am doing C development, with some Javascript thrown in for the client, quite comfortably on a laptop from 2008 (Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM, 320GB spinning rust HDD).
I use WindowMaker, Firefox, Xterm, Vim, Git, Clang and GCC. from login Window to my first xterm opened in the project directory is around 500ms. My build (C only) is currently around 700ms.
My editing is lag-free only as long as Vim's 'cul' option is turned off.
I have a Core 2 Duo laptop. I pimped it up to 3GB of RAM and an SSD. I also installed Ubuntu Mate. It works great for remote work, when I mostly just use it as a terminal into my workstation. I can also use MS Teams on it without issues.
I read somewhere that it might support 5GB of RAM (4GB + 1GB), but I don't want to spend more money on it on a gamble.
I am doing C development, with some Javascript thrown in for the client, quite comfortably on a laptop from 2008 (Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM, 320GB spinning rust HDD).
I use WindowMaker, Firefox, Xterm, Vim, Git, Clang and GCC. from login Window to my first xterm opened in the project directory is around 500ms. My build (C only) is currently around 700ms.
My editing is lag-free only as long as Vim's 'cul' option is turned off.