Every passionate developer deserves an aluminum MacBook + an extremely big external screen with resolution at least 1920x1280. No, don't go for the plastic ref

Every passionate developer deserves an aluminum MacBook + an extremely big external screen with resolution at least 1920x1280. No, don't go for the plastic refurbs, even it saves you some bucks. In the long run you'll be much much happier. Dell 600m ... I used to live in the same dorm with a guy owning such a machine back in college. Things impressed me include: - key caps kept falling out while typing - hot enough to burn your hands in summer (turned out to be very useful in winter, though) - extremely noisy fan - battery recalled due to possibility to explode (Sony's fault, as I remember)