Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help

Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @10:38PM (#433116)

Eh, this needs to be a portable machine, and I fully expect to have an extra monitor available to plug into if I need the real estate for coding. I've simply never needed that much space while on the go. Can't say I'd mind the space, but it's not feasible with my budget.

If the Dell Studio 15's were compatible with leopard, I'd go with that because there's a 1900x1200 resolution upgrade that is VERY reasonably priced.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by bprater on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:03PM (#433143)

I have a backpack and I take it everywhere. Not sometimes, but every single day I hit up a coffeeshop. So it's very portable.

If you regularly plug into a bigger screen, a smaller machine might be better. If the Dell isn't compatible yet, I'm sure it will be in the future. Darn hackers!

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:33PM (#433178)

It's not that simple. There just isn't a lot of people working on the OS X x86 situation. There was one guy making tons of progress single-handedly, but he disappeared.

There just isn't much in the way of progress. The only people out there making any (somewhat) progress is the macvidia team and they're still fundamentally reliant upon Apple's willingness to support a given chip for the Mac Pro.

It's not a matter of time if no one cares.

The problem is that people either already own a mac and don't care about people who can't afford one, or they don't care about using the OS.

I love the hardware, I really really do, but I'm not dumping that kind of money into a machine. It's not feasible on my income (meager).

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