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Ask HN: What “machine” do you use for side projects
I would like to know what "machine" does one use to develop side projects, since I do not want to do so on the company's devices. Specifically:
1. laptop vs desktop
2. OS : linux, OS X, Windows
3. CPU / RAM / Disk specs
I imagine different types of side projects, so it would be better if my setup is "flexible":
1. Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
2. Websites development (both FrontEnd / BackEnd)
3. Tinkering with Raspberry Pi
- Ezhik 12y agoIf you want iOS development, you have no choice but to use OS X. I suppose in this case you are not really limited to just Apple devices, though. My ThinkPad T420 runs OS X 10.10 perfectly, for example.
- duncan_bayne 12y agoLenovo ThinkPad L520 - does everything I need it to do (which, significantly, doesn't include iOS / OSX development). Linux Mint 17.1 (still trying to switch to FreeBSD but progress is slow), i7 CPU, 8GiB RAM, 128GiB SSD.