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Still, it's funny to see Google beat Apple to the punch here and make ChromeOS a valid dev machine for most people before Apple. USB-C doesn't let me run Docker

by pkulak 8y ago

Still, it's funny to see Google beat Apple to the punch here and make ChromeOS a valid dev machine for most people before Apple. USB-C doesn't let me run Docker, VSCode or IntelliJ. I'd love to bring an iPad pro for the weekend when I'm on call, but it's still not anywhere near.

jjtheblunt 8y ago
"for most people" -> "for most javascript devs" ? totally ridiculous dev machine for scientific or financial computing, no?
- coder543 8y ago
  Anything you can run on Linux, you can run on a Chromebook, without even having to do anything hacky these days, as I understand it. So, nothing to do with JavaScript specifically.
  - cm2187 8y ago
    I think it was a reference to the capability of the hardware.
    - dagw 8y ago
      I do a lot of scientific computing and data analysis development work and most of the time during my dev cycle I'm working on tiny test data sets developing and testing new approaches to certain problems. Most of that work could absolutely be done on something with the capability of the new iPad pro. In fact I do a fair bit of development on a mid-range surface pro 4 which has pretty similar specs as the new iPad pro.
- askvictor 8y ago
  there's plenty of non-JS dev work that isn't scientific or financial. Since ChromeOS now runs Linux apps, any dev is feasible; arguments about machine specs are about the hardware, not the OS.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Last time I checked only Google devices do.
    - askvictor 8y ago
      Nope; plenty of other manufacturers' Chromebooks now run Linux. Google's are certainly among the higher-spec'ed though.
MuffinFlavored 8y ago
I would take an iPad Pro with the overpriced keyboard and an Apple mouse. I think if they can jailbreak iOS 12 to support a Bluetooth mouse... we might be onto something.
threeseed 8y ago
You can always use something Amazon Workspaces or similar RDP services. That's what I do when I need to do development on the go.

by pkulak 8y ago

jjtheblunt 8y ago

"for most people" -> "for most javascript devs" ? totally ridiculous dev machine for scientific or financial computing, no?

coder543 8y ago
Anything you can run on Linux, you can run on a Chromebook, without even having to do anything hacky these days, as I understand it. So, nothing to do with JavaScript specifically.
- cm2187 8y ago
  I think it was a reference to the capability of the hardware.
  - dagw 8y ago
    I do a lot of scientific computing and data analysis development work and most of the time during my dev cycle I'm working on tiny test data sets developing and testing new approaches to certain problems. Most of that work could absolutely be done on something with the capability of the new iPad pro. In fact I do a fair bit of development on a mid-range surface pro 4 which has pretty similar specs as the new iPad pro.
askvictor 8y ago
there's plenty of non-JS dev work that isn't scientific or financial. Since ChromeOS now runs Linux apps, any dev is feasible; arguments about machine specs are about the hardware, not the OS.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Last time I checked only Google devices do.
  - askvictor 8y ago
    Nope; plenty of other manufacturers' Chromebooks now run Linux. Google's are certainly among the higher-spec'ed though.

MuffinFlavored 8y ago

I would take an iPad Pro with the overpriced keyboard and an Apple mouse. I think if they can jailbreak iOS 12 to support a Bluetooth mouse... we might be onto something.

threeseed 8y ago

You can always use something Amazon Workspaces or similar RDP services. That's what I do when I need to do development on the go.