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I switched from a MBP to a Surface, and eventually to a $500 generic "hybrid" laptop (with decent Linux support). Turns out moving to the cloud for developer w
by SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
I switched from a MBP to a Surface, and eventually to a $500 generic "hybrid" laptop (with decent Linux support).
Turns out moving to the cloud for developer work and not playing videogames on my laptop really cuts down on my computer needs. (Also, saving that much money justifies more cell data to tether with, so it's actually more convenient at times.)
YMMV though, because I worked in ML, and so had to make the cloud move because no laptop was going to be a 4GPU, 32core machine, much less a cluster of them. Once that's your workflow anyway, the switch in hardware is pretty seamless.
- blackguardx 10y agoWhat brand/model is your generic hybrid?
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoDell Inspiron 13, 5000 Series 2-in-1. It's not fabulous, and most of the criticisms are correct, but it was $500-600 when I was looking to buy, and has done reasonably well. Mostly, it was just a choice to save $1-2k on a laptop (every 1-2 years) and spend the money on cellphone data and lattes.
- JW_00000 10y agoWhich cloud host do you use? Isn't in expensive to get the kind of specs you want?