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Ask HN: What's the best dev laptop?
I love my macbook pro, but when I evaluated the latest models, I can't bring myself to buy one again. The specs seem lower than similarly priced competitors, and NO USB slots? I think it's time I look elsewhere.
My plan is to install Ubuntu, on the machine. So I've been looking at the Dell XPS 13.
I want a machine with a great display, I like the 13" form factor. I also really loved the aluminum shell on my MacBook (I've dropped this laptop countless times).
What do you guys recommend?
- LinuxBender 9y agoAnything lightweight that has a long battery life is good. The Dev work can be in the cloud or datacenter in a tmux or screen session. Lightweight so you can put it in a small bag next to you on the beach whilst sipping your martini.
- PaulHoule 9y agoMy preference is the opposite. Something big that fits 32 GB+ of RAM; for the work I do, I need it. Other than the monster laptop and the power brick, I travel super-light. (For instance, if I travel to a big city I will not pack a lot of underwear and socks because I will buy some at Niketown) It is not always practical to move big data sets to and from the servers a lot. I think my next dev machine is going to be a monster desktop machine, however, because the latest GPU is table stakes for neural network work.