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Ask HN: Are Ryzen processors good for development?

3 points by pedrogpimenta ↗ HN
Coming from years of mac-only computing, I'm a bit lost as to what I should be looking for in a laptopt PC.

I see several laptops that use AMD Ryzen, they look like a cheaper option, but I don't know if it has any impact on software compatibility, specially on the development side, precisely front-end technologies like Node or PHP.

If you have any recommendation, it would help :)

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shams93
If you're going for a low cost development laptop most likely the pinebook pro is a better option than a cheap ryzen system. I have a cheap ryzen system, a dell inspirion its locked into windows 10 and doesn't handle virtualization but I use this thing for music production rather than development. It does a better job at media production than a pinebook pro could but actually the pinebook pro would be a better system for doing development with node and php than windows 10.
pedrogpimenta
I do need a Windows system though, I ocasionally need some Adobe programs to work for exporting assets, and I'm not ready to go 100% with Linux in my "work workflow".

What do you mean by "doesn't handle virtualization"? Do you mean running VirtualBox or a similar tool?

wmf
Yes, Ryzen 4xxx are the fastest for development and they are very compatible.