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Discussion on: My beginner’s guide to choosing a laptop for programming

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Ben Halpern

What's your sense of how the software used for developing software makes adequate use of multiple cores? It's easier to tell when an application is hogging memory, and my system is struggling. Where might I get a feel for the difference between cores and processing power?

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Humza K.

It's cute to see you asking questions when you already know the answers Mr. Founder :)

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Ben Halpern

I don't think I really know the answer. These things are constantly moving and I'm not caught up on the current state of things. Sometimes the whole landscape can change without you noticing.