I got an i7 for college studies, and I’m also gonna study programming. The performance is gonna be just fine, even for bigger projects. But, the only thing that matters here is the screen size. Most of my classmates got an 15″ laptop, but I thinks it’s too inconvenient, so i appreciate the smaller screen. But if you have trouble seeing text at a 10″ screen, don’t buy it, otherwise go for it.
So, look at the screensize, performance won’t be any trouble for you whatever you choose 🙂
