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Macbook Pro for me. It sits on my desk in clamshell mode with two external monitors and a mechanical keyboard plugged into it, running a couple VM's, my docker

Macbook Pro for me. It sits on my desk in clamshell mode with two external monitors and a mechanical keyboard plugged into it, running a couple VM's, my docker container cluster, my editors, and browser tabs, my music and Slack, and never a noticeable slow down. I rarely even hear the fan. When I want to go portable I can disconnect and go for many hours with no worry about battery. Honestly I think most modern laptops are more than powerful enough for development work. The only thing that matters to me is keyboard, because unless you are buying a cheap budget laptop it will have more than enough power for whatever you want. And when it comes to keyboard I just use an external keyboard anyway so whatever it is plugged into is fine for me. The only reason I absolutely must have a Mac is for running X Code and building ios apps, because I'm not going to be running a hackintosh for that.

avinassh 11y ago
> because I'm not going to be running a hackintosh for that. may I know why? Currently running Hackintosh and it's been fine. I am doing Stanford's Course and so far it's been fine. My laptop is pretty old, now I am thinking to whether to get a MBP or go hackintosh way.
- NathanKP 11y ago
  Beyond the obvious dubious legal stand of using a system that is in violation of Apple EULA for business purposes I've heard a lot of issues from some of my coworkers that have experimented with hackintosh for their personal use. It seems many of them have problems as diverse as mice and keyboards not working properly, to fans not running as expected. I haven't done it personally so admittedly I'm not the best to speak on this matter. I can only repeat what I've heard from my coworkers about their experience. Fundamentally I'm not a fan of fiddling with configuration to get my computer to work, and would rather just use something that works great out of the box as a tool so I can focus on fiddling with code instead.

avinassh 11y ago

> because I'm not going to be running a hackintosh for that. may I know why? Currently running Hackintosh and it's been fine. I am doing Stanford's Course and so far it's been fine. My laptop is pretty old, now I am thinking to whether to get a MBP or go hackintosh way.

NathanKP 11y ago
Beyond the obvious dubious legal stand of using a system that is in violation of Apple EULA for business purposes I've heard a lot of issues from some of my coworkers that have experimented with hackintosh for their personal use. It seems many of them have problems as diverse as mice and keyboards not working properly, to fans not running as expected. I haven't done it personally so admittedly I'm not the best to speak on this matter. I can only repeat what I've heard from my coworkers about their experience. Fundamentally I'm not a fan of fiddling with configuration to get my computer to work, and would rather just use something that works great out of the box as a tool so I can focus on fiddling with code instead.