What's your software development hardware setup?

Make sure that your laptop supports ultrawide monitors if you ever go that route.

My stupid work laptop doesn't. Or it does at a low refresh rate.
 
Basically, build up your dream gaming PC and tell your employer that's what you need to run VS Community... :D

In fairness, it all depends on what you're dev'ing. I've been using a MB Air for years now because all my "Dev Machines" are Azure or AWS servers set up for their specific purpose... I don't need the hardware to Dev with. All you need is a couple of screens, mouse and keyboard.
 
M1 MBP with a 4k 27" screen, Magic Mouse and keyboard.

I tried two external screens - this did not work well for me.
 
My desktop:
Ryzen 7 3700X Octa Core 3.6GHz
32 GB ram
GTX 2080 Ti
1 TB nvme

Laptop:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
 
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Dell Precision 5570
i7-11850H @ 2.50GHz
32GB RAM
1TB NVME
Nvidia RTX A2000

Logitech MX Keys and MX Master 3
 
My desktop:
128GB Ram
i7 - 13700KH
RTX 3060 TI
2TB Raid 0 SSD

Laptop(Dell):
16GB Ram
i5-1135G7
 
Personal : MacBook Pro M1 + 27” Dell

Work : HP i9 32GB 15” beefy boy. Horrible. Prefer Lenovos and Dells.
 
Laptops:

Dell XPS i7 64GB RAM, 2TB NVM
MSI i7 Ultrabook
Apple MacBook Pro

Desktops:

i7 64GB RAM, 49" Dell 1440p, 27" Samsung 1440p
i7 64GB RAM, 49" Dell 1440p, 27" Dell 4K, 27" Dell 1440p

3x NAS (1 SSDs, 2 HDDs)

10Gb network
 
Desktop

Ryzen 9 3900X CPU
128GB DDR4 RAM
GTX 1080 Ti GPU
3 x 4TB HDDs
2 x 512GB NVMe SSDs
2 x 24" Dell 1080p displays (hate 4k with a passion)
ZSA Moonlander keyboard
Logitech MX Vertical mouse
Wacom Intuos S tablet
2 x Scarlett 2i2 audio interfaces
4 x BX-5 studio monitors

Laptop

Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED (can't remember specs, almost never use it)
 
Solitude said:
Make sure that your laptop supports ultrawide monitors if you ever go that route.

My stupid work laptop doesn't. Or it does at a low refresh rate.
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How fast are you typing that the refresh rate on your monitor hampers your coding performance?
 
Dell Latitude (i7, 32GB) with a Dell USB-C dock connected to a Dell 1440p high refresh monitor.
I also have a 2020 Macbook Pro on the shelf but I save that for coffee shops.
 
Personal is an i7 12700, 32 GB RAM, 2TB storage and a NUC with i7 32GB 1TB, the nuc was for when I was contracting as the clients DB copy I needed was pretty huge and I didn't want to keep that in memory on my local.

2x1440p 27" mini led displays, wanted the 165Hz, actually noticeably easier to read text while scrolling for me, and I like the color accuracy for hobby stuff, plus cheap enough at 400 EUR on special each.

Work now is a 11700H I think, Lenovo ThinkPad series, 32GB RAM, works okay, nice is the Lenovo dock integration for work, just one thunderbolt cable driving the displays there.

How strong your machine needs to be is up to you, code base, and what you can tolerate. I detest lag during search/index, and most of the work I do involves large code bases, so hop around a lot in unfamiliar code, but it would be perfectly fine for most on a cheaper i3/i5, just a question of what your time is worth (be it your view or your boss who gets you hardware).
 
Moved from a 16 core Ryzen desktop to a m1 MacBook Pro because of load shedding, quite happy with it though.
 
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