Suggestions for a laptop?

I'm planning on buying a relatively cheap(!) laptop with the intention of using it just for coding, Matlab, Python, etc. Needs to be very portable as will likely need to code in lectures and on the go.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

[Kimberly R. Taylor]

I would recommend you to go with Acer Aspire E 15, 15.6" it's lightweight and affordable laptop and good for gaming too.

[Walter Roberson]

Caution: the base model of the E15 is an i3 processor with only 4 Gb of RAM.

Reviewers do appear to like it for the price.

Answer 1

[OCDER]

1. Search for "best laptop for programming" or "best portable laptop" on the search engine.
2. Make sure computer meets Matlab minimum requirement: https://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq.html
3. Write down pros and cons of every laptop you are considering. The OS and RAM seems to be key factors. SSD is faster than HDD.
4. If debating, label your laptop choices from 1 to N. Then use matlab to randomly decide the laptop to purchase.

A = input('How many laptops to choose from?')  
ChosenOne = randi(A);
fprintf('You should buy laptop #%d\n', ChosenOne);

Besides these suggestions, the questions you're asking is probably better answered at computer review sites where people can actually test out many laptops under high computation stress (heat, fan noise, etc). Normal consumers like most of us can only test whatever is in display at the store, and only for a short while until the sales rep comes over to convince us we need that computer...

[Walter Roberson]

See also https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/303064-running-matlab-on-a-microsoft-windows-surface-pro-4#answer_250023