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I looked at the surface book but ended up going with the T470P (i7-7700HQ/2560x1440) because it allowed me to put 32GB of RAM in it, 16Gb just isn't enough for
by noir_lord 8y ago
I looked at the surface book but ended up going with the T470P (i7-7700HQ/2560x1440) because it allowed me to put 32GB of RAM in it, 16Gb just isn't enough for my workflow (If I have a Win10 instance running in a VM for VS2017, a couple of vagrant instances and intellij open then I can eat 16GB in no time).
Also I've been a Linux user for development for >10 years and a mixed linux/windows user for another 10 or so before that, simply not giving up Linux at this point.
However pretty it was (and it was) 16Gb just isn't enough for me.
- slantyyz 8y agoLaptops with 128GB RAM are now a thing [1]... in case you find yourself wanting more than 32GB [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/laptops-with-128gb-of-ram-are-here/ar-AAyAJm3 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/laptops-with-128gb...
- sridca 8y agoI went with P71, running NixOS on it. The perfect development machine (with a 5k monitor to boot); way better than what MacOS or Windows can achieve.
- noir_lord 8y agoI looked at the P series, nice machines will probably look at one of those next but I think I'll get some life out the T470P yet.
- acangiano 8y agoI have a P51, and I just bought a Pixelbook because the P51 is a great machine but not really a laptop. See here: https://programmingzen.com/google-pixelbook-review/ https://programmingzen.com/google-pixelbook-review/