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~5 yr old MacBook Air at home (I bought it because at that time it was the cheapest lightweight laptop with a great battery life). MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch
by balladeer 10y ago
~5 yr old MacBook Air at home (I bought it because at that time it was the cheapest lightweight laptop with a great battery life).
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) at work (I could have gotten any laptop and any OS and many people actually go for those but I just went ahead with the standard issue).
I am fine with both and I was fine with my Dell Linux work laptop before this workplace and a Windows work desktop before that. For me there is no "one true" machine or gadget or as some people say it "X is the only real Y". What I do, Android development earlier - and now front-end development which I hate and that's why I will be leaving this workplace soon, any of these machines are good enough (well, to be honest my 5 year old Air is not so enough anymore). Another reason I don't do much professional hobbyist thing once I am out of my workplace (not proud of it as such but no regrets so far either) - I use the time after work to read fiction, play badminton, travel/trek, sketch, films etc.
If I have to buy another laptop (which will be for personal use if at all) I would like something like LiteBook (https://litebook.store https://litebook.store). 13-inchish, lightweight, good battery life - decent power (not really sure how LiteBook fares here) to browse, films, music and some development here and there. Or, MacBook Air if hopefully Apple doesn't kill the line miraculously or doesn't increase the price.
But if I must buy one at home, for development, it will be a custom build PC. Yes, desktop. And a nice simple wooden table and comfy chair along with that.