Lenovo Workstation P52 vs Legion Y730 Laptop

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Nov 5, 2018 12 Comments

I’m a Data Science student and need to get a solid laptop that would be useful and durable to continue into Consultancy Business. Which will you chose between Lenovo Workstation P52 and Legion Y730 gaming laptop? Both are laptops and affordable for me.

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  • EMC
    ganddoo

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    Most open source data science tools don't work with shitty windows. Either buy a MacBook or something which works with Ubuntu
    Nov 5, 2018 4
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      So what would be a good solid laptop and configuration that I won’t need to upgrade after school.
      Nov 6, 2018
    • Oracle
      of · Nada

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      Build a desktop and get a cheap chromebook you can use to remote in.

      Or better yet just wait. Your new top of the line laptop will be outdated in two years anyway, and most schools have compute clusters you can get access to to train your models on. Way more power than any laptop you'll buy there, and all for free to you. Just need to ask around about it when you start classes. Instead get a mid range $500 laptop and an external SSD for storage
      Nov 6, 2018
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    ganddoo

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    Virtualization sucks. I have a Lenovo T460 which I bought from offer up and maxed it out on specs. Installed Ubuntu and do a lot of spark work. Works like a charm
    Nov 5, 2018 3
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      How did you install Ubuntu on it? Did it come with a Windows OS?
      Nov 7, 2018
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      ganddoo

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      Just download Ubuntu ISO on a USB stick. And reboot the machine. Change the boot order in bios to boot from USB. That's it. Amazing performance and much better desktop experience
      Nov 10, 2018
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    Sounds like a great idea. I will get a good chrome book or a portable laptop to link to my school data lab and build a desktop at home as I progress. I am not need a mobile data center. Thanks so much.
    Nov 6, 2018 0
  • Oracle
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    Build a desktop and use it as a server for your jobs if you can't use cloud vendors or plan to run a ton of DL models that make the cloud cost too high
    Nov 6, 2018 0
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    Why not run resource heavy ML workloads on Cloud VMs ? Azure has Data Science VMs for this, both really top of the line ones for DL, & more run of the mill ones. AWS must have something of this type as well.
    Nov 5, 2018 0