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I wouldn't buy this as a dev machine unless you're pretty sure you're not doing anything more than trivial local compilation. Unless you bike everywhere and the
by acgourley 16y ago
I wouldn't buy this as a dev machine unless you're pretty sure you're not doing anything more than trivial local compilation. Unless you bike everywhere and the size is really important.
- jbarciauskas 16y agoWhy not? I use a similarly spec'd 12", 1440x900, 1.8ghz Lenovo X200s. Sure I dock it and connect dual monitors when I'm at work, but having that resolution plus being able to cart it everywhere and pop it open without hassle makes it a great dev machine. I was able to compile our whole Java webapp, maybe a million lines of code, in the same time as my previous machine - most likely IO was the limiting factor not horsepower. What kind of compilation or other intensive work do you expect to need to be doing that would offset the portability benefits?
- icco 16y agoI do the same but with an x200. It kicks ass and I do Linux kernel hacking on it all the time. Compiles a full kernel in 15 minutes. It also has a 128GB ssd like the air.
- whakojacko 16y agoIt'll probably work well as a thin client to ssh into a dev server, although the resolution is a little low for my liking (especially the 11")