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Ask HN: Which is the best netbook for HNers?
Taking the following post one level lower:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1824563
Do you think that somebody could do "light" development with a netbook? Which one are you using or recommending?
- joubert 16y agoThe new baby Air seems like a perfect candidate. If very light dev, you could even terminal into your main dev machine from your iPad and work that way (maybe you just want to code a quick bug fix)
- mooism2 16y agoYes. I have an Aspire One (Acer). I wouldn't use it exclusively at home, but it is fine for using on a bus or a train and cheap enough that I don't worry about people stealing it. I use a simple text editor + the command line --- I don't know if it would run a heavyweight IDE. But it is happy running e.g. a web server. It would be nice to have a faster SSD --- the one it has seems slower than a HDD. That's the only part I am tempted to upgrade.
- pierrefar 16y agoIf "light" = quick bug fix while on the road, then yes. I've done that and a bit of sysadmin from my G1 Android by SSHing over 3G. I use ConnectBot for SSH. I even keep a tiny cheatsheet of the htop commands folded in my wallet. I have a friend who uses a netbook for dev work while travelling and a Mac at home. From observing him first-hand at my home, he didn't seem too happy with the cramped keyboard and the slow machine, but it certainly works for basic stuff on the road.