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> As long as he has competent SSH, and a suite of basic apps, he's good to go. Totally agreed. There's a nice little conversation going on here about a Macbook
by david_shaw 14y ago
> As long as he has competent SSH, and a suite of basic apps, he's good to go.
Totally agreed. There's a nice little conversation going on here about a Macbook Air vs. an iPad, but shouldn't this raise the point that a $300 netbook can do all this and more?
If all you're using is SSH and a web browser, why spring for the high-end (and high-priced) Apple hardware?
- malyk 14y agoBecause its nicer to work on and use than a cramped and cheap net book. But, if that works for you it would be fine. Me? I'm going with the nicer hardware even if I'm just using vi and terminal.
- malyk 14y agoBecause its nicer to work on and use than a cramped and cheap net book. But, if that works for you it would be fine. Me? I'm going with the nicer hardware even if I'm just using vi and terminal.
- dhimes 14y agoThat is exactly my travel rig. I don't use it full-time, however-- I would spring for a lenovo ultra probably if I was going to do that. But I have the advantage of the dev environment I like (even mimics the full rig), I can work on a plane without wifi (my netbook runs servers just fine), and I can boot Win if I need to. It also fits easily onto even a small airplane tray/table. The only drawback is that unity isn't quite as good as the netbook remix ubuntu used to have. And some progs like mysql workbench don't respect monitor size and make their windows too large (thank god for virtual desktops). I will probably do this for my next 'round' of tech investment again rather than go ipad.