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Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#22Depends 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.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#23An Intel NUC 11 with a portable USB-C monitor should be inexpensive and flexible. If your OS won't run on it, it's probably broken.
I use a NUC11PAHi7, which is basically a Tiger Lake-UP3 mobile chipset minus a display.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#24Frame work laptop
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#25I 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 absolutely awful.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#26I find my Framework laptop really good. 4h+ battery life despite Linux lacking support for the best idle state, plenty of power for compiling, clean and solid build. Best part: You can repair it at home.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#27regardless of what you buy, I have a 1tb Linux/Ubuntu drive attached to my laptop through USB -c I dual boot into for certain projects. great for gaming/personal on windows and then doing work on the Linux drive. I share files via cloud services if needed and it works seemlessly
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#28Asus.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#29I've been using a Clevo-based laptop for years - very good value and works well with Linux. Just don't expect something light-weight with a great battery life - but if you're happy to carry more weight (it's actually good exercise..) and mostly plug it in that's fine. In Australia you can buy from https://www.metabox.com.au/
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#30I find that the MSI business line of laptops to be topnotch and worth the money.
https://www.msi.com/Business-Productivity
I have the MSI Prestige 15 and it has been very reliable and a pleasure to work with.
I've had a Lenovo initially, but had all these problems with the web camera. It was a decent computer, but the camera is quite essential in this age of remote / hybrid work arrangements.