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Thinkpad X260.
I really wanted to like the x260, but we equipped a team of 6 programmers with the x260 and not one was without fault. The build construction or QA must have been on the fritz with our batch because half of them would crash when even the slightest pressure was applied to the bottom left corner of the laptop. I cannot recommend it in good faith.
If you can live with 8GB RAM and a dual-core i5 at 1.8Ghz, I'd argue that the MBA is one of the best laptops to work with. The selling points for me are: * OSX - still the best all around OS to work with. * Lightweight, it is a laptop that weights ~ 3 pounds * Battery life is decent * Build quality is above average I believe that it's an excellent choice for web development.
I mostly use it for mobile, web and backend development.
I personally own a Precision 5510 and use a 5520 everyday for work. Both run Arch with no issues other then minor display scaling issues that can be blamed on the state of Linux desktop environments, not the laptop.
If you can live with 8GB RAM and a dual-core i5 at 1.8Ghz, I'd argue that the MBA is one of the best laptops to work with. The selling points for me are: * OSX - still the best all around OS to work with. * Lightweight, it is a laptop that weights ~ 3 pounds * Battery life is decent * Build quality is above average I believe that it's an excellent choice for web development.
Dell Precision 15" with 4k and 97Wh battery. One of the few laptops that ship with Ubuntu if that's your thing. I personally own a Precision 5510 and use a 5520 everyday for work. Both run Arch with no issues other then minor display scaling issues that can be blamed on the state of Linux desktop environments, not the laptop.
I suggest you look at the new T470p.
It's retina. It's less than 1kg (2 lbs.). It has between 7-10hrs battery; I can work the entire long haul London to NYC/PHL no problem.
I can load a big data set into memory and crunch; I can work on a web app in all the different browsers that I need to (Parallels is brilliant). I have docker. I have Powerpoint.
I close the laptop, it goes to sleep. I open the laptop it's awake. I didn't even realise this was still a problem in 2017 until I tried some Windows laptops for a few months (a dell XPS and an HP EliteBook).
WiFi kicks on fast; easily within a second of opening the laptop. If I choose my phone from the WiFi menu, it turns on the tethering. If I disconnect, it turns it off.
The low travel on the keyword feels weird, but it doesn't affect my typing speed. Each key feels distinct, unlike the squishy feeling I get on the HP or even my older Macbook Air.
A few months ago I would of said a new Asus zenbook with ubuntu LTS 16.04 as everything works out the box and 10hr battery life with Linux, however I had to take to service center recently so they could hard reset it because I switched it off and on too quickly (my taxi arrived just as I switched it on, so immediately held button down again) and it never switch on since. Service center being a bunch of idiots wanted…