Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?

Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by icharters on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:04AM (#31097113)

I write Go for a fintech company. I'll take a Macbook running MacOS over Linux or Windows every day of the week. It's simple and easy to set up and maintain my local dev environment. I don't understand why using Linux or hating a Mac is like a religious calling to some people. In my experience I jump few far fewer hoops managing my dev environment in MacOS than Linux for the work I do.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by horsawlarway on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:17AM (#31097300)

Hey man - you're the one pitching a macbook to the guy who explicitly stated he didn't want a macbook.

I'm just here disputing that a mac is "the best development tool".

My opinion is pretty simple - Apple makes decent hardware that they absolutely ruin with their software.

Honestly - the closer you can be to running the same platform/tooling that you're deploying to, the better off your life will be as a developer, and I bet you money you aren't deploying to a macOS box.

Linux and Windows are both entirely functional - frankly, windows 10 with WSL is a better experience than macOS, in my opinion - and they cost a lot less.

I have used quite a few languages professionally - Java, Golang, C++, C#, Ruby, Js (from the bad days predating jquery to the decent days of not needing jquery any more), Rust, Python, fuck - I've even professionally used Netlogo, which is not something I will ever recommend, and it still boggles my mind occasionally.

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