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You maybe need to step back and look at the bigger picture you seem to need to run many vm/ docker instances - and need a lot or RAM a CPU cores. would not a d

You maybe need to step back and look at the bigger picture you seem to need to run many vm/ docker instances - and need a lot or RAM a CPU cores. would not a decent whitebox system using ryzen or threadripper be better suited? Do you really need to work on a laptop? it sounds like you'd be better off with a bigger desktop and a dual monitor set up - don't get caught up in the glamor of the apple brand.

StillBored 9y ago
I'm going to second this. Monitor real estate is one of the most important machine productivity metrics in my experience (the other being build/test turnaround time). Its seems there are always trade-offs when trying to drive a lot of pixels even on the most displayport/MST devices. Besides that, building large projects is one of the areas where multicore systems really shine. The projects I work on have hour plus build times on the 2-4 core class machine one generally finds in a laptop. Those times can be shrunk to <5 minutes with a fairly inexpensive desktop machine these days. Basically, I would reverse it, get the best desktop class machine possible, and a fairly low end laptop with a decent screen. Put the desktop wherever you do the most work, and then remote into it with the laptop. If your stuck on a plane/etc, work on a presentation or whatever..