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Ugh. So for "developer-tier" laptops, i.e. not a netbook, does that pretty much leave Apple as the sole non-shit laptop maker? Is there a chromebook out there
by na85 12y ago
Ugh.
So for "developer-tier" laptops, i.e. not a netbook, does that pretty much leave Apple as the sole non-shit laptop maker? Is there a chromebook out there that runs linux pretty well if you pull chromeOS off?
You pay a hefty premium for that backlit Apple logo on the lid, and I'd prefer to get something a little more down-to-earth.
- q3k 12y agoDell Latitudes are still pretty okay (check out, for example, the Latitude E7440). Lacking an expresscard slot or a monster 9-cell battery, but that's something you won't get in a macbook, either.
- zaroth 12y agoThe premium isn't as high as you think, particularly if you account for resale value. Didn't Priceonomics do a feature on this?
- na85 12y agoI'm not sure why anyone buys anything other than a home when accounting for resale value unless they're just trying to pull a pump-and-dump. For laptops, at least, I buy them and use them until they die. I've only owned three laptops in my life.
- lmm 12y agoFor a long time a 3-year-old laptop struggled to run the latest eclipse (this may well still be the case). So at that point I'll sell them on to someone with a less intense workload and buy a replacement.
- sago 12y ago> a 3-year-old laptop struggled to run the latest eclipse There's a whole world of bad software engineering in that observation!
- rayiner 12y agoI'll usually buy a mac Apple refurb that's 9-12 months old (they're indistinguishable from new), then sell it a couple of years later. E.g. my 2010 MBA I bought for $900, then sold for $450 after two years. I'd rather do that than buy one new and use it for 6 years, which would cost about the same.
- deafbybeheading 12y agoA colleague uses the Dell XPS 13 and it's pretty good; I'm eyeing that for my next machine.
- alltakendamned 12y agoI have the previous version and am really pleased with it. The new line is kind of missing a developer edition with 16GB RAM in my opinion.
- boothead 12y agoWatch out, batter life is pretty crap! (About 2 hrs on my < 2yr old one)
- FireBeyond 12y agoI used to love Dell's Precision laptops. Precision M4800, for example. 15", i7-4710MQ, Nvidia Quadro K100M 2GB, 4K screen, AC wireless, 512GB SSD for around $2500, about similar to the high end rMBP 15" (yes, I know there are things the rMBP has, just as there are things the Precision has - it's 'comparable', not 'identical').