This is actually a good idea, I've been meaning to turn one of my old laptops into a media server, but it hadn't occurred to me to use it as a development serve

This is actually a good idea, I've been meaning to turn one of my old laptops into a media server, but it hadn't occurred to me to use it as a development server as well. I'm in a similar boat as the Macbook Air, but I was going to go for a Surface Book because I want the detachable tablet features