topic Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get? in SAS Programming

Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

abqdiane — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:13:43 GMT

HI, My current programming job will be ending. The company is closing down. I may be doing some freelance work, but I've always had a work computer, so I'm not sure what I should look for in a new computer. Any suggestions?

thanks,

Diane

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

PaigeMiller — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 09:29:01 GMT

Is this a question about SAS?

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

AhmedAl_Attar — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 10:52:20 GMT

Hi @abqdiane

If you are asking about what's a suitable desktop/laptop specification to learn/run SAS programs, then you have to evaluate your options based on

Running SAS for free (https://welcome.oda.sas.com/) : Focus on your Internet provider and your bandwidth rather than computer spec.
Running SAS locally on your computer: Focus on SAS license Fees and check this SAS link https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/system-requirements.html

Hope this helps

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

abqdiane — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:47:30 GMT

Yes. Sorry I should have been more specific. I hope to do some freelance
SAS projects so I will need to be able to connect to a data warehouse and
to access their base SAS or other SAS environment m

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 13:07:03 GMT

If it is only for use as a client, any current laptop will do. Having a SSD as the main storage device is convenient, especially for fast startup.

If you prefer Apple Macs, use Chrome to access SAS Studio. Safari does not support all features of Studio.

If you see the need to use Enterprise Guide in the future, Windows (at least in a partition) is needed.

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

abqdiane — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 13:30:30 GMT

Thanks

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

abqdiane — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:16:52 GMT

Thanks - every answer has helped me in my decision.

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

abqdiane — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:18:10 GMT

Thanks for your help. Everyone has been helpful.

Re: Hi, My current job will be ending and I need to purchase my own computer. What should I get?

Reeza — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:37:50 GMT

You'll be remoting in so your network speed is more important. No work will really be happening on your laptop/desktop so those resources are less important.

For myself, I recommend, 16/32 GB RAM, 500GB SSD minimum and best processor I can afford in that budget.

GPU is not really important.