Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help

Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by nanexcool on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:00PM (#433141)

I'd get a XPS M1330. I dual boot Windows 7 Beta and OS X 10.5.6 with no problems. Got 4 GB of RAM, and both OS fly. I've installed Ubuntu on it as well and everything works.

Only things that don't work in OS X are Ethernet, Card Reader, and you have to manually press the Power button for 5 seconds to power down. Other than that, it's great.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by niels_olson on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:56PM (#433200)

Maybe I'm wrong here, but what good is a laptop to a .NET developer if it doesn't have ethernet? Do you mean the wired card doesn't work, but wi-fi still works?

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:59PM (#433204)

He does, which is highly bothersome to me.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by varaon on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:08AM (#433276)

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/15/accessories-for-macbook-air-u...

Possibly compatible, who knows.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:25AM (#433297)

Nah, I know for a fact that works.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:27PM (#433169)

Which graphics chip?

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