Re:Why the Black MacBook Cost More
by dijit on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:27PM
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I guess running gitpods or code-server counts?
I'll admit to salivating over this way of working, all the grunt happening somewhere else but my keystrokes being low latency (since they're locally rendered and lazily synced by the web browser).
But anyone who says a chromebook is comparable to a macbook is smoking something.
I'm not even saying that as an Apple Lover, I use linux, but I'm aware of the limitations of the platforms.
IME most people use macs not because they think they're better than everyone else; but because the development experience is very "happy path" -- and the hardware build quality is high.
I'll admit to salivating over this way of working, all the grunt happening somewhere else but my keystrokes being low latency (since they're locally rendered and lazily synced by the web browser).
But anyone who says a chromebook is comparable to a macbook is smoking something.
I'm not even saying that as an Apple Lover, I use linux, but I'm aware of the limitations of the platforms.
IME most people use macs not because they think they're better than everyone else; but because the development experience is very "happy path" -- and the hardware build quality is high.