Depending on the type of developing you are planning, you may need a good graphics card. However, the laptops listed here are less for graphics (and gaming) and more for coders, web developers, and businesspersons. All of the laptops have a reasonable running speed and all have at least 8 GB of RAM.

Apple

Apple MF839LL/A MacBook Pro 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (128 GB)

(By: Apple )
This is the second cheapest laptop on this list, and it is the Retina display version. It may be ideal for developers with a limited budget. The laptop is being marketed as ultra portable, so may be ideal for developers that are out of the office quite a bit. This laptop uses the Mac OS X operating system, and it has an Intel Core i5-5257U CPU. The processor runs at 2.7 GHz, which makes it the fastest laptop on this list. It has a robust 8 GB of RAM. The hard drive is a relatively tiny 128 GB, which means it has the least amount of hard drive of all the laptops on this list. The MacBook also has the Intel Iris 6100 as its pre-installed graphics card. The screen size is 13.3 inches and it weighs 3.41 lb.

Lenovo Thinkpad

Lenovo Thinkpad T450s 20BX001EUS 14-Inch Notebook (LED Intel Core i5-5300U 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM 500GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 64-bit)

(By: Lenovo )
This laptop uses the Windows 7 operating system. It has an Intel Core i5-5300U CPU (Central Processing Unit). The laptop runs at 2.3 GHz and has a massive 8 GB of RAM. The hard drive size on the Lenovo ThinkPad T450s is 256 GB. The graphics card installed is the Intel HD Graphics 5500. The screen size is 14 inches and it weighs 3.5 lb.

Dell Latitude

Dell Latitude 14 7000 E7450 14″ LED Ultrabook – Intel Core i5 i5-5200U Dual-core (2 Core) 2.20 GHz 0GKFP

(By: Dell Commercial )
They are marketing this as an ultrabook, and it may be suitable for people with mixed laptop requirements. This laptop uses the Windows 8 operating system, and it has an Intel Core i5-5200U CPU. The laptop runs at 2.2 GHz and it has 8 GB of RAM. The E7450 has 256 GB of hard drive. The graphics card installed is the Intel HD Graphics 5500. The screen size is 14 inches and it weighs 3.59 lb.

Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga

Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12.5-Inch Convertible 2 in 1 Touchscreen Ultrabook (20DKS1B200)

(By: Lenovo )
This is the cheapest laptop on this list with most retailers offering it for under $1000. This laptop is also considered ultra-portable due to its size. This laptop uses the Windows 8 operating system. It has the Intel Core i5-5300U CPU. The speed of the CPU is 2.3 GHz, and the RAM size is 8 GB. The hard drive is 180 GB, which means it has the second least amount of hard drive of all the laptops on this list.
The Intel HD Graphics 5500 is the pre-installed graphics card. The screen size is 12.5 inches and it weighs 3.48 lb.

Apple MacBook

Apple MacBook MK4M2LL/A 12-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (Gold, 256 GB)

(By: Apple )
It uses the Mac OS X operating system and has an Intel Core M-5Y31 CPU.
The laptop runs at 1.1 GHz which makes it the slowest of laptops on this list. The laptop also has 8 GB of RAM and a reasonable 256 GB of hard drive memory.
The Intel HD Graphics 5300 is the pre-installed graphics card. The screen size is 12 inches, which puts it as the smallest screen size on this list, with the Leveno Yoga 12 being its closest competitor for smallest screen. It also weighs the least at just 1.98 lb.

Dell Precision

Dell Precision M3800 15.6″ Touchscreen LED Mobile Workstation – Intel Core i7 i7-4712HQ 2.30 GHz – Silver PM3800-17944SLV

(By: Dell Commercial )
This laptop uses the Windows 8 operating system. It also has the Intel Core i7-4712HQ CPU. The speed of the CPU is 2.3 GHz, and the RAM is a whopping 16 GB. It also has a good amount of hard drive space at 256 GB. The graphics card installed is the Nvidia Quadro K1100M. The screen size is 15.6 inches and it weighs 4.15 lb.
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Acer Travel Mate P6

Acer Travel Mate P6 Series NX.V94AA.004; TMP645-V-6662 14-Inch Laptop (Black)

(By: Acer )
This is a travel laptop that may be suitable for programmers, coders, and developers on the road. It is an ultra portable one due to its size and weight relative to regular laptops. This laptop uses the Windows 8 operating system. The system uses an Intel Core i7-5500U CPU. The laptop runs at 2.4 GHz and it has 8 GB of RAM. The laptop has a reasonable amount of hard drive at 256 GB. The graphics card installed is the Nvidia GeForce GT 840M. The screen size is 14 inches and it weighs 3.31 lb.

HP ZBook

HP ZBook 15u G2 15.6″ LED Notebook – Intel Core i7 i7-5500U 2.40 GHz – Graphite – 8 GB RAM – 1 TB HDD – AMD, Intel FirePro M4170, HD Graphics 5500 – Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (English) – 1920 x 1080 Display – Bluetooth – English Keyboard – L3Z95UT#ABA

(By: HP )
This laptop uses the Windows 7 operating system, and it uses the Intel Core i7-5600U CPU. The speed of the CPU is 2.6 GHz. This is another laptop that has a massive 16 GB of RAM. There is 256 GB of a hard drive on the HP ZBook 15u G2, and the pre-installed graphics card is the AMD FirePro M4170. The screen size is 15 inches and it weighs 4.23 lb.

Lenovo ThinkPad

Lenovo ThinkPad W550s 15.6-inch i7-5500U 16GB 500GB HDD NVIDIA Quadro K620M 2GB Full HD Windows 7 Professional Notebook Laptop Computer

(By: Computer Upgrade King )
This laptop uses the Windows 7 operating system. It also has the Intel Core i7-5600U CPU. The laptop runs at 2.6 GHz and has a large amount of RAM at 16 GB. It has a large amount of hard drive space at 512 GB, which means it has the biggest hard drive of all the laptops on this list. The graphics card installed is the Nvidia Quadro K620M, and it has the largest screen size of all the laptops mentioned here at 15.6 inches. It is also the heaviest laptop on the list at 5.47 lb.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch 3rd Generation – 20BS0035US: Intel i7-5600U, 14″ WQHD Multi-Touch Screen, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit

(By: Lenovo )
This is another ultrabook that may be useful for people that need a laptop for more than coding. This laptop uses the Windows 8 operating system and has an Intel Core i5-5300U CPU. The speed of the CPU is 2.3 GHz and the RAM size is 8 GB. The ThinkPad has 256 GB and uses the Intel HD Graphics 5500 graphics card. The screen size is 14 inches and it weighs 3.02 lb.