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"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.