Re:Ask HN: Which MacBook do you use for development?
by ScottWhigham on Friday January 10, 2014 @08:29AM
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As a late 2013 Macbook user, I'm trying to grasp the point of this question. I could see asking in a poll, for example. Or I can understand you telling us what you do, that you are searching for a new laptop, and then asking what we do + use so that you could find people who do the same things as you and see what they use. But to just ask "Which MacBook do you use for development?" - it just seems like you left a lot on the table. Development is a very broad term. I might "develop" an HTML-only website, for example, and just write a little JS here and there. I pull up fiddler/etc and that's it. But I "develop". If I give you my Macbook specs, that doesn't help you if you are a more rigorous dev.
Re:Ask HN: Which MacBook do you use for development?
by pedalpete on Friday January 10, 2014 @10:50AM
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Is it really the hardware that is making the difference though? I suspect it would be the change in OS is the biggest change (unless you're running Ubuntu on your mac)
Re:Ask HN: Which MacBook do you use for development?
by yawboakye on Saturday January 11, 2014 @07:22PM
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Not really. I sold my Mac to use the Ubuntu box so I'm kind of familiar with the OS. The problem for me is the display. I'm weirdly obsessed with "beautiful" code. By beautiful I mean code that looks elegant in the text editor. If I'm fiddling with my text editor I'm either changing fonts or color schemes to get the best view for the code.
Used a MacBook Air 11" before the 15", I miss it :/
Any one dual booting Ubuntu and OSX?
I'm planning an SSD upgrade, within 1 year from now.
I've got a 2011 11" air, but my main machine is a Lenovo U260, which is my favorite.