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Imagine paying a rental on your development environment.
an alternative is to just buy a second hand rack server and send it to a colocation hosting provider. they maintain a good internet connection and supply the power.
I'd look at the Xeon Lenovo machines (I think it was P series I was window shopping), Asus for design/gaming (their dual screen models are so nice in person, I found them to be slimmer than I expected), and Dell for something really solid/mass produced. Essentially... Xeon Lenovo for "ultra enterprise", Asus for speed/looks/features, Dell for a "good laptop".
Don't be tempted by the Lenovo X series laptops. I have had nothing but trouble with battery life, throttling and cooling. Stick with P.
Depends on what you are working on, but don’t dismiss buying a cheap chromebook with a decent screen and using a cloud instance. A lot of IDE plugins make it an even better experience. Just make sure you are near the data centre and it’ll be better then you think.
Imagine paying a rental on your development environment.
I will second the others who have recommended Lenovo: I have a Legion 5 I originally bought for gaming but the keyboard is so good I find myself using it for nearly all my development. Additionally, the Dell Precision line (the business workstation-replacement line) is exceptional for development, but those can be as expensive as equivalent MacBooks. Stay away from Dell's pure consumer line: the build quality is abso…
Any idea if Lenovo has fixed the coil whine issues on X1 Carbon's? The constant noise makes it really difficult to use these machines for any kind of focused work.
Programmers want Thinkpad T or P.
The three aspects to consider when buying a laptop: Weight, Performance and Price. Laptops that are cheaper and lighter weighted usually have a lower performance. Laptops that have higher performance and lower price usually are heavy weighted. Laptops that have higher performance and lighter weight are usually pricey. You have to sacrifice one of the three. I’d personally go for the Dell Precision 5520. Cheap, high p…
Dell Precision can be a good choice, true.