Currently using macmini i5 from 2014 and HP i7 from 2016. Wary about purchasing from woke companies and don't want to upgrade for a good long time. Budget of 2000$. Would appreciate the input of battle-hardened keyboard warriors.
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Build your own from parts. It's quite simple these days.
Get a mid range AMD Ryzen or new i5. These entry level chips offer more speed and power than you will likely ever need.
Buy the best mech keyboard you can afford.
Buy a decent monitor.
Run linux on it (just a vanilla ubuntu LTS will do). Or if you know what you are doing, FreeBSD 13, or OpenBSD.
Download every compiler and language you can find, and learn them all.
Phew. Independence takes work. Thanks.
That sounds smoother than smooth. Thanks.
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