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I might be the odd one out. I have a macbook pro retina running ubuntu 14 using parallels. Could not happier. Assuming budget isn't an issue, I find many linux
by kaji88 12y ago
I might be the odd one out. I have a macbook pro retina running ubuntu 14 using parallels. Could not happier.
Assuming budget isn't an issue, I find many linux laptops (including the 13inch Dell) to have bad UX. Relatively short battery life, low res screen, and may i say, terrible trackpad.
Apple trackpads are significantly better than all competitors.
On top of that, a lot of nice to have apps don't run on linux. Things like screenhero. And apps that do have a linux build often don't work as well. (Think skype, hipchat)
Running VM on macbooks is the best of both worlds, you get linux for development and OSX for everything else.
- vacri 12y agoComparing notes with an OSX colleague, hipchat runs as poorly on OSX as it does on Linux. Mine sometimes gets random freezes (1/fortnight), his gets unreconnectable disconnections (1-2/week), both require relaunching the app. We have no devs on Win, so I don't know how that compares.
- dmix 12y agoWhat is the best VM software for OSX? I tried using VirtualBox but it seems kind of slow and unreliable for daily use.
- kaji88 12y agoGo with parallels, without a doubt the best you can go with. Very fast and feels native. The downside if you won't be able to use a windows manager like WMII. Because parallels provide bindings for unity that makes the whole experience smooth and they don't provide bindings for other windows managers https://www.parallels.com/ https://www.parallels.com/