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As a dev, I'm going to go against the comments here. I don't even know why this is surprising or a big deal, or why all the squabbling. If you're using vim, th
by lambdasquirrel 10y ago
As a dev, I'm going to go against the comments here. I don't even know why this is surprising or a big deal, or why all the squabbling.
If you're using vim, the keyboard will probably revert to default. The fake "escape" key will be at the end, where it will be very easy to feel. But you should have known better and been using emacs anyway.
Others have pointed out that 32GB of ram isn't really a good tradeoff because of Intel.
Most of the code that I write is either run remotely or python. I don't need that much memory and CPU power because cloud (aren't we all more proud of our infrastructure-as-code AWS setups these days?), and honestly, I care about one thing:
How long can I stay connected to the DC on my phone tether.
This new Macbook does it for me. The touchbar, I guess it's good for emojis, but I really did just want a lighter laptop that has a mostly-all-day charge. I'm going to go against the grain with the general sentiment in the comments. My current Macbook Pro usually lasts me most of the day, and I need at most an hour of plugged-in time. I'm a light guy, and I don't like having to lug my current giant tank around.
- kokwak 10y agoI think Vim guy uses c-[ not esc
- njharman 10y agoI use imap kk <ESC> Something so used needs to be on home row.
- mkrum 10y agoI just changed my caps lock key to escape. Life changing, highly recommend
- maloney 10y agoI remap caps lock to ctrl and in Vim I use "jk" for esc in insert mode. Caps lock to ctrl is crazy useful outside of Vim since every other application has some basic support for Emacs bindings.
- n0us 10y agoI use I use imap jj <ESC> Traitor.
- throw_away 10y agoSo no akka for you (or bookkeepers, knickknacks, or Hanukkah)?
- njharman 10y agoI have to pause, I think .5sec, to get second k.
- adtac 10y agoI use `jk` because you wouldn't need to worry about whether you're in normal mode or insert mode. Hitting `kk` or `jj` twice in normal mode will change your line position. But with `jk` I can blindly press them. Just a suggestion :)
- Touche 10y agoSome do, some don't. Never underestimate the power of defaults.
- foobarchu 10y agoctrl+[ is a default, it's just not the default that everyone talks about. Every vim tutorial will tell you to hit esc for command mode, none of them even mention that ctrl+[ is an option.
- rbanffy 10y agoQuite frankly, for most of what I do, a MacBook would be enough. Light and connected beats fast and heavy.
- W0lf 10y ago"But you should have known better and been using emacs anyway." That made me laugh out loudly harder than I've intended to do :-)
- brenschluss 10y agoThat's because as a software dev, your requirements are relatively lightweight. I do video editing, computational 3d geometry work, and none of these operations run easily on the cloud.
- rahoulb 10y agoI prefer Carl-C for VIM anyway - I move my fingers less to hit it
- cheeze 10y agoRe mapping caps lock to esc is life changing. Nobody uses caps lock anyways, and it's in a prime location on the home row!
- lambdasquirrel 10y agoI was actually messing around wrt vim. You can sometimes tell who's a longtime vim user vs. who's a longtime emacs user by whether they remapped Ctrl to Caps or Esc to Caps. :P