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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by raxxorraxor on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:34AM (#31097557)
Well, you might be able to make it work, but the OS simply leaves you less freedom compared to a Linux machine.

And you would need to jump through hoops. I am an embedded dev and I have tried. Theoretically it is possible, but you would miss a lot of tooling on the way.

I don't really care about performance that much. I have an MB Air with M1 and I like it because the battery and display is very good. But it isn't really used for productivity. I also work in industry and everything here is Windows and maybe Linux. MacOS doesn't exist here.

Good luck attaching your Mac to a reflow soldering machine (I have tried too). It just doesn't play well with others and is rather exclusionary itself.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by swozey on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:49AM (#31097754)
Unique devices is definitely a concern! I wasn't sure when I got my Garmin watch if I'd be able to update it from my mac. Thankfully I can.
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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by barbacoa on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @06:37PM (#31103982)
I had to connect a work Macbook to Ethernet. It didn't have a port so I bought a no-name brand USB-to-RJ45 adapter off Amazon. Come to find macOS doesn't have driver support for the adapter even though Windows and Linux are both plug and play. And I wasn't willing to do some backdoor process to install drivers on a work laptop. I had to buy a Apple branded adapter, which was 2x the price and only USB 2 vs the other one being USB 3.
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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by swozey on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @07:59PM (#31104592)
I have a random off-amazon 2.5gbps usb ethernet adapter on my M1 and it works great. I did specifically make sure someone said it worked on a mac, but wasn't sure about on ARM.
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