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Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @06:30PM (#36659639)
Hey, that's be really interesting to see. I haven't opened up my x13s yet, but I'll do that soon. In the middle of a move, so I'm not sure what box the tools are in, but once I find them I'll let you know :)
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @10:42AM (#36654842)
Hey there! I don't remember what laptop I was specifically thinking of when I wrote that (Apologies, I started writing this back in February and got distracted for a number of months) but there is a non-zero chance I was thinking about the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo. Sorry I can't be more specific about past me's thought process :(
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @09:38AM (#36654367)
I don't avoid it, but some people do because it's a Microsoft product, as is tradition.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:29AM (#36651819)
I do run ubuntu 22.04 in a VM, it works fine for things that aren't graphical and it has the usual performance penalties that come with connecting via a RDP connection, but it's a nice alternative when I need it. I haven't tried IntelliJ via virtual network to the VM though, that's a novel idea, I'll give it a go!
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Saturday July 08, 2023 @12:54PM (#36646233)
Hey there, author here, for me personally it's about the windowing and file explorer. I spent 6 months trying to get used to it at a job, and even bought a M1 Macbook Pro last year to try, but I just couldn't find any combination of plugins and programs that made it feel right. I know, it's not a great reason, and I have no hate for anyone who yums my yuck, but at the end of the day it's what stops me from using MacOS.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:28AM (#36645322)
Interesting, when I wrote the article the prices were what I could generate on the Apple website, but you are correct that they are not the same now. I should have taken screenshots! Thanks for the heads up, I'll update the article to reflect that :)
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:13AM (#36645174)
Correct, I didn't grab the ARM Chromium build, only Chrome. If you want to avoid using Edge then Chromium or Firefox is the way to go.
Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:04AM (#36645076)
Hi, author here, you are correct! WSL tooling was locked out for a long time due to IntelliJ not being able to access WSL until the native build came down. Unfortunately, WSL on ARM still has some bugs around the VM hard locking itself when waking from sleep. It's frustrating, because when it does work it's fantastic.