10 Laptops you can afford for a cybersecurity Professional Beginners Guide.
My Journey in cybersecurity has been …how could i put this, it has been full of adventures. Exciting ones and down right sad and WTF moments but am i will be sharing with you a specific journey and this is my life experiences getting my first machine for programming back when i joined school around 2017.
From this time, i struggled through a hustle of finding the ultimate machine( i will be focusing on laptops in particular so bare with me.) for back then information Technology which i was taking as a course at a University.
Back then, i needed a machine(Laptop) which could solve my struggles as i was new to the filed and industry plus i loved gaming and not just any gaming but specifically PC gaming what led me to laptops rather than the desktops which i have to say, run like hell !!!!...
But my focus on laptops came that they were efficient with both power saving and just enough speed to get you through the day at half the cost …coz hey, in my area, we experienced a lot of power cuts so a desktop would certainly be on high risk and high price within such areas.
After all the hustles and bustles, i write to you the most cheap heavy laptops out there that will save you a lot of money and make your journey into cybersecurity, programming, web Application security(Part of cybersecurity but i want to honor it.), Application Development( No lag), game development, VR and much more resources even of which you might not venture into.
This list is going to be of products that will range not more than $900 and you will find out that even the current machine you are using right now might be more expensive than the ones we shall talk about.
“ Remember, i went through a lot of Bottle-necked laptops out there which probably cost more than they should…. Learn from my experience and choose a machine you will not regret working on like i did most of my life until i educated myself so this knowledge goes on to you too from there, you will learn to be financially wise when it comes to I.T field tour”.
Note: Most of the products i have listed below focus on budget and time, they are power rigs but bit of both worlds to get the job done with reduced frustrations…
“ You can do hacking on nearly all laptop and if you need
computing power you can still rent servers “ Trust me, it is what i also first thought to be but no… Not nearly all laptops can do hacking ! “
And the minimum Ram you should start with is 8 gigs…
*and we are beginners so renting servers is not on the budget!
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“ Best option is eventually DIY laptop “ this is true but for a beginner, you need to start somewhere ….!
Acer Aspire 3 A315–24P-R7VH Slim Laptop | 15.6" Full HD IPS Display | AMD Ryzen 3 7320U Quad-Core Processor | AMD Radeon Graphics | 8GB LPDDR5 | 128GB NVMe SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | Windows 11 Home in S Mode
very light and slim and was at $308.08 at the time of this writing.
SAMSUNG Galaxy Chromebook Go 14" Laptop Computer, Wi-Fi, Lightweight Slim Durable Design, 12-Hour-Battery, 8GB Memory, 32GB eMMC, Silver/Black — (XE340XDA-KA6US)
which is valued at $314.13 at the time of this writing.
Acer Nitro 5 AN515–58–57Y8 Gaming Laptop | Intel Core i5–12500H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | 15.6" FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 16GB DDR4 | 512GB Gen 4 SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit Keyboard
which is valued at $795.00 at the time of my writing.
MSI Cyborg 15.6" 144hz Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7–12650H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD Window 11 Home
which valued around $888.49 at the time of writing.
Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop 15.6/in FHD IPS 120Hz 4Core Intel i511300H 16GB DDR4 1TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 WiFi 6 Backlit Keyboard Windows 10 Home w/ONT 32GB USB Shadow Black
at the time of writing this machine master piece was at $682.97.
Lenovo IdeaPad 15 Laptop, 15.6" FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage, Windows 10H
which by the time of this writing was at $599.95.
ASUS ROG Strix G15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 16:9 FHD 144Hz, GeForce RTX 3050, AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS, 8GB DDR5, 512GB PCIe SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11, G513RC-EH71
surprisingly at $860.07 at the time of this writing…
HP Victus 15.6" Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 | 8GB RAM DDR5| 512GB SSD | Backlit | Windows 11 Home | Bundle with 64GB USB Flash Drive, Mica Silver
at the time of the writing, it was at $580.00
*****Recommended From a friend: ********
Latitude 3540 Laptop
Valued at $719.69 at the time of this editing…
ASUS Vivobook 15 F1500EA 2023 Business Laptop 15.6" FHD IPS 4-Core Intel i5 1135G7 16GB DDR4 512GB SSD Intel Iris Xe Graphics Wi-Fi 5 Bluetooth Fullsize Keyboard Windows 10 Pro w/ONT 32GB USB
valued at $649.00…
That’s All folks… !!!!
