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 ho_schi on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:45AM (#31097715)

Using still a ThinkPad X220 with Linux and will switch likely this year to a X13 AMD Gen3. I personally prefer the X13 because it is solid, powerful and provide many connectors. I hope the next MediaTek WiFi-Chips are better this time, if not Intel-WiFi.

The X1 is slimmer, lightweight but scarifies a lot and is expensive. The X13 ARM is passively cooled which a major benefit, similar to the MacBook Air but due to ARMs and Qualcomm bad support of Linux not even an option. A passively cooled AMD variant would be more interesting.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by anderspitman on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @01:36PM (#31100323)

I'm convinced laptops peaked with the X220. I have one sitting next to me now. It's not powerful enough for a daily driver anymore but I'm in the process of repurposing it for some self-hosting.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by jpetso on Thursday April 21, 2022 @09:52AM (#31109411)

The T14s Gen 3 is apparently using Qualcomm wifi chips instead of MediaTek or Intel this time around, it seems likely that we'll see the same for the X13 Gen 3 as well.

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by ho_schi on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:23AM (#31110663)

Interesting! If Qualcomm means actually WiFI chips from Atheros this could mean good WiFi and good Linux drivers. Atheros has a good reputation, it is just Qualcomms ARM and GPUs drivers which are problem.

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