Like almost everything, it depends; what kind of dev you do, using Vim and a lightweight Linux install, when I work in embedded my Thinkpad x230 feels like a beast; Django? works great; starting to keep open Kicad, Inkscape and/or Gimp, less beastly and I would love more horsepower when I work with Rust (compile times are loong), testing in Django is also painfully long and having multiple Docker images can eat some RAM. All this with a very, very, very optimized OS.
You may not need much CPU but more RAM or a faster SSD, maybe some GPU, it all depends in what you do, needs for browsing, compiling, rendering, testing or writting code are very different.
Also check take into account your happiness, people often get to caught in tech specs and forget about, noise levels, screen quality, touchpad (you can always have a mouse, but you'll forget it sometimes); keyboard, that's something you can't change or upgrade (unless you end up with an extra KB which is nonsense) and if is bad will make your life miserable even with a monster of a CPU, you will just be miserable faster.
And some extras, like how easily is to open and mantain, I find almost imperative to change the thermal paste about once a year and check the dust in the fan, etc.
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Like almost everything, it depends; what kind of dev you do, using Vim and a lightweight Linux install, when I work in embedded my Thinkpad x230 feels like a beast; Django? works great; starting to keep open Kicad, Inkscape and/or Gimp, less beastly and I would love more horsepower when I work with Rust (compile times are loong), testing in Django is also painfully long and having multiple Docker images can eat some RAM. All this with a very, very, very optimized OS.
You may not need much CPU but more RAM or a faster SSD, maybe some GPU, it all depends in what you do, needs for browsing, compiling, rendering, testing or writting code are very different.
Also check take into account your happiness, people often get to caught in tech specs and forget about, noise levels, screen quality, touchpad (you can always have a mouse, but you'll forget it sometimes); keyboard, that's something you can't change or upgrade (unless you end up with an extra KB which is nonsense) and if is bad will make your life miserable even with a monster of a CPU, you will just be miserable faster.
And some extras, like how easily is to open and mantain, I find almost imperative to change the thermal paste about once a year and check the dust in the fan, etc.