Machine Learning and big data processing is certainly a hot topic now. It has an effect in every sector from research to business. Recently, a frequent question has arisen, "which laptop/desktop to buy for big data processing?". Well, the answer is it depends on some factors. They are:
Area of work
Machine learning is a vast field. It has sub areas like image processing, classification, regression, etc. Some of the domain requires more complicated calculation and a lot of data processing such as image processing. If you want to work with image processing, you need a more powerful machine. For example, you need 6+ gb of ram to handle such amount of data. If you work with small size classification and regression problem, you can work with 4+gb of ram easily.
Budget
Budget is one of the most important factors. If you want to buy a machine that will do image processing, you should have a budget of $600 to $900. If you are a resident of Bangladesh, you need a budget of 50000 to 75000 taka. If you want simple classification and regression, you should have a budget of $450 to $600 to get the best laptop that perfectly suits your work.
Where to buy?
I have bought my laptop from bdstall. Categorized laptop for different types of work is given here:
For Image Processing:
Dell Inspiron-15 5570 Core i5 8th Gen 8GB RAM 1TB HDD
HP Pavilion Power 15-CB012TX Core i5 4GB GFX
HP Pavilion 15-cu0010TX Core i5 8th Gen 2GB Graphics
For Classification and Regression:
HP 15-db0187au AMD Ryzen 4GB RAM 1TB HDD 15.6"
HP 14-BS109TX Intel 8th Gen Core i5 2GB Graphics
HP Pavilion 15-cu0010TX Core i5 8th Gen 2GB Graphics