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I would recommend a Surface Book. Even if you don't plan to use it as a tablet at all it still beats every other laptop on the market. Initially it had a lot of

by numerlo 10y ago

I would recommend a Surface Book. Even if you don't plan to use it as a tablet at all it still beats every other laptop on the market. Initially it had a lot of issues but now they have been fixed and it really is amazing.

swiley 10y ago
I think I speak for a lot of people here when I say that good Linux support is extremely important. I'm not convinced the surface book has that.
krisdol 10y ago
How's the linux support on it? Even if I got over the my frustrations with the windows desktop user-experience, not being unix-like is an absolute no-go for development.
- basch 10y ago
  Ubuntu is built into Windows 10
  - sparky2012 10y ago
    I don't think Bash on windows is a valid replacement for a full Linux setup. Nor does it indicate hardware compatibility for Linux on that machine. That being said, I believe that Linux runs with minimal issues on it. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/4gjx8g/ubuntu_1604_surface_book/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/4gjx8g/ubuntu...)
    - basch 10y ago
      it's not just Bash, it's Ubuntu minus Linux, including binary compatibility. bit-for-bit, checksum-for-checksum Ubuntu ELF binaries running directly in Windows. all of Ubuntu user space.
      - sigjuice 10y ago
        Does WSL implement all the Linux system calls now? The last time I looked at it, there was no support for PTYs and maybe ptrace? There was also some limitation related to running GUI programs.
        basch 10y ago
        its not Linux, its Ubuntu minus linux. It translates Linux system calls to the Windows kernel, like reverse wine.
        mobiuscog 10y ago
        It's still lacking a fair bit of low-level stuff, but hopefully that's on the way.