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A comment on Ask HN: What is the best Laptop you have ever used for development?.

Re:Ask HN: What is the best Laptop you have ever used for de... by bobwaycott on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @06:31PM (#4076537)
I am quite partial to my current 2012 15" MacBook Pro. Only Apple-supplied upgrades are the 2.5GHz i7 and the high-res screen.

Replaced default hard drive with Corsair Force3 SSD, purchased from Amazon (iirc).

Removed optical drive & placed default hard drive in its place with aftermarket drive bay kit.

Ignored Apple's RAM upgrade & bought 16GB RAM from third party (Apple only sells 8GB, even though 16GB is supported). Love the RAM.

It is a dream. Development has never felt better.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best Laptop you have ever used for de... by whichdan on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @07:42PM (#4076780)
I'm using the 2011 one, matte screen, Apple-installed 128gb SSD, and 8gb of RAM. It's the best laptop I've ever owned. I only wish I went for the 256gb SSD, despite the price.
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