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Mac for decent performance, beautiful apps and development environments to work in and amazing built quality. Apple always does good in hardware, but for that p
by nikkfs 13y ago
Mac for decent performance, beautiful apps and development environments to work in and amazing built quality. Apple always does good in hardware, but for that price, you can get a lot better.
ThinkPad, really good performance, good graphics and battery life.
And if performance is only what you care about (not $) then why don't you take a look at Razor laptops. I know, I know, that's a gaming laptop company, but there laptops are made out of the best and definitely the best laptop I have ever used. Plus they have a snake symbol on the back which is company's logo and which I love as I'm a Python programmer.
- phaus 13y agoNot sure how much the screen matters to OP, but the last Razer was considered by many to be an otherwise perfect machine that is ruined by a screen that you would expect to find on a $300 laptop.
- nikkfs 13y agoYeah, that's where the Apple's Retina Display shines.
- phaus 13y agoTo be honest, I never cared much for investing in a good screen until I got an iPad 4 and saw how much of a difference it made. Now that I'm in the market for a new development system, I don't think I want to settle for anything less than 1080p and IPS. I just hope the 13" Haswell retina will allow 16GB Ram.
- infinii 13y agoI agree. A 13" rMBP w/ Haswell and 16Gb ram to me is the perfect balance of power, function and footprint. I don't have high hopes for Apple increasing the max to 16Gb though :(