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What Linux laptops do you use for development?
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#22Ubuntu 6.06 on an IBM T43p.
I'd prefer os x on a macbook, like I have at home, but that's outside of my control here.
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#23HP Presario and Windows XP :P (am I the only one using Windows... Geez!)
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#24I hate typing on laptops. Do any have a good keyboard?
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#25Macbook Pro with Ubuntu 6 on Parallels. Best of both worlds. As you are probably not going to be running Macosx on your servers. This way you have an excellent dev env, and a vm which you can mess about with for your code.
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#26You don't develop on laptops. This is not what they are built for: they slow, keyboards are not capable of decent typing speed and screens are tiny.
Stop trying to look hip and get yourself a workstation.
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#27You don't develop on laptops. This is not what they are built for: they slow, keyboards are not capable of decent typing speed and screens are tiny. Stop trying to look hip and get yourself a workstation.
Some of us like to code in bed. Or on the floor, or outside, or while watching TV.
For me, the convenience of being able to take my computer wherever I want far outweighs the bigger screens and hard disks of a desktop. And I've never found the keyboards to be a problem; I type 90+ WPM on a Dvorak-layout laptop keyboard.
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#28You don't develop on laptops. This is not what they are built for: they slow, keyboards are not capable of decent typing speed and screens are tiny. Stop trying to look hip and get yourself a workstation.
How is Linux at supporting dual monitors?
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#29Consider MacOS on a MacBook. I realize it's not Linux, but you avoid the trouble of installing and maintaining Linux.
Do you have to pay for all your software, or is there good free software to use for a Mac?
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#30Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude D620