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They need a computer for development, going to meetups and such make a laptop more useful than a desktop. Apple makes the nicest laptop hardware around, and a

They need a computer for development, going to meetups and such make a laptop more useful than a desktop. Apple makes the nicest laptop hardware around, and a really usable Unix OS. MBP QED. I often will hear the argument that it's impossible for them to be productive on anything other than Apple hardware running an Apple OS. They have spent sometime learning all the keyboard shortcuts, going to a different OS, text editor, etc. means lost productivity until they retrain and catch back up. Any further than that they are being a prima donna.

tseabrooks 14y ago
It's this. I want a laptop. I hate everyone elses laptop hardware (more or less) and it's nice having the unix/bsd underpinnings available. I worked for a long time on embedded linux systems and used windows as my dev environment. These days I do web stuff and I use a MBP. I prefer the MBP over all my windows machines. I could probably learn to love linux, even though I still have dark memories from the past. However, which hardware would I buy? I don't see any laptop HW I'd prefer or MBP.
- cylinder714 14y ago
  A lot of us recommend Lenovo hardware, specifically the T- and X- series notebooks. I ran Lubuntu for a time last year on my X220i, and everything Just Worked. The touchpad in particular was amazing, so good that it was virtually telepathic in its responsiveness. Cory Doctorow's experience with Ubuntu on his X220: http://m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource?cat=technology&type=article http://m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-ope...
  - tseabrooks 14y ago
    Incidentally, I may be the only programmer around that doesn't like the Lenovo hardware. It never felt "right". The touchpad is more responsive but I'm not a fan of the "nib" and the physical buttons for the touch pad (Though I'm pretty sure you dont HAVE to use the physical buttons they're still obnoxious). You're right though. If I were going to move away from my MBP I'd probably go with a Lenovo machine. Alternatively, I'd be interested in trying out the new Vizio laptop hardware and seeing how it feels. It could be crap, it could be awesome. EDIT: As an aside, I do keep a windows machine around for gaming purposes and I still love windows 7... just not for dev-ing. Sadly, I only have time for a couple of games a year these days. Busy making stuff.

tseabrooks 14y ago

It's this. I want a laptop. I hate everyone elses laptop hardware (more or less) and it's nice having the unix/bsd underpinnings available. I worked for a long time on embedded linux systems and used windows as my dev environment. These days I do web stuff and I use a MBP. I prefer the MBP over all my windows machines. I could probably learn to love linux, even though I still have dark memories from the past. However, which hardware would I buy? I don't see any laptop HW I'd prefer or MBP.

cylinder714 14y ago
A lot of us recommend Lenovo hardware, specifically the T- and X- series notebooks. I ran Lubuntu for a time last year on my X220i, and everything Just Worked. The touchpad in particular was amazing, so good that it was virtually telepathic in its responsiveness. Cory Doctorow's experience with Ubuntu on his X220: http://m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource?cat=technology&type=article http://m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-ope...
- tseabrooks 14y ago
  Incidentally, I may be the only programmer around that doesn't like the Lenovo hardware. It never felt "right". The touchpad is more responsive but I'm not a fan of the "nib" and the physical buttons for the touch pad (Though I'm pretty sure you dont HAVE to use the physical buttons they're still obnoxious). You're right though. If I were going to move away from my MBP I'd probably go with a Lenovo machine. Alternatively, I'd be interested in trying out the new Vizio laptop hardware and seeing how it feels. It could be crap, it could be awesome. EDIT: As an aside, I do keep a windows machine around for gaming purposes and I still love windows 7... just not for dev-ing. Sadly, I only have time for a couple of games a year these days. Busy making stuff.