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Why would anyone use iPod Pro as a development machine, when Google Pixelbook is of a similar weight, size, power and price, and comes with a standard keyboard and a native Linux support built-in? Tablets are for consumption, not creation.
I agree, but it’s worth pointing out that Tim Cook doesn’t see it that way.
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> could be just as easily configured using a $199 netbook from Best Buy Except then when not using PuTTY, you aren’t able to use it as an iPad.
Another incredibly good point. Tablets are great at things like watching videos, reading comics, and if you're not doing any typing, are really good 'couch computers'. Rotating the display provides a whole new set of functionality that you just can't get on a laptop, where it's incredibly awkward to do so.
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This is not a very good argument. I do my development work on my company issued macbook, but its not like I'm doing my work locally. My several thousand dollar macbook pro acts as a terminal interface for me for a HUGE proportion of my work. All my code is developed/built/run/tested on remote machines and my laptop is just a fancy interface to them.
Backend developer then? Even in that case I would need IntelliJ idea/visual Studio/ whatever IDE, unless you are just working on “small” projects under 500kloc where vi is maybe enough...
In all seriousness, I use (neo)vim as my full-time editor for several very large projects.
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Backend developer then? Even in that case I would need IntelliJ idea/visual Studio/ whatever IDE, unless you are just working on “small” projects under 500kloc where vi is maybe enough...
There is web based visual studio at https://coder.com I use C9 which is another web based IDE.. it doesn't have all the power features of a jetbrains ide but it is nifty and should meet the needs of most developers. Lots of options outside of vi!
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Agreed. I don't know why anyone would want that. It's almost the equivalent of getting DOOM running on random devices.
You say that like it's a bad thing. You do know the title of the forum you're on right now, right?
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There is a way of emulating an x86 machine on ios now https://ish.app/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18430031 Still doesn't convince me to swap my 8 core ryzen 1700 laptop with 32gb ram and 1.5tb ssd and a RX580 for an ipad pro.
What laptop is this?
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And still, they're happy to pay extra for great software, regular software updates, a big ecosystem, the best displays on the market and a fit and finish that no one has yet reached completely.
There's no bigger software ecosystem than a laptop running Windows that can be converted into a laptop running a Linux distro. But, you've got me on the 'best displays' portion. I think the iPads have 120hz displays? They're amazing and threre's nothing like them. They most certainly are "all that", but despite having the opportunity and the spare cash, I still prefer the trashy, ghosting, dim, low-rez display that I…
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It all depends on the type of work you do. I work on the latest top of the line macbook pro issued by work as well, and for me it's too slow. Running the company's php app along with all the other dependencies like MySQL/Redis/etc takes a significant amount of resources. All development is done locally on the dev laptops, bugs are reproduced and fixed on local dev laptops. At this point I almost wish that my laptop w…
32GB of RAM is top for the MBP, not 16. Edit: OP said he had the latest top of the line. Latest, top of the line has 32.
I get excited every time I see an article about using the iPad Pro for development. But then it always turns out that people just use blink to ssh/mosh into another machine. I really wish I could have native Emacs on the iPad. It is one of the fastest and lightest machines around, phenomenally lightweight and with a great battery life. It has a pretty good keyboard attachment. And Emacs even without a native shell wo…
Wouldn’t the locked-down filesystem be a problem?