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in my opinion the best laptop could be an A4-sized Macbook Air. So you want a 13" Air. Go buy one. They're pretty good, I've been doing all my work on a succession of them since like the second revision. 13" Air: 11.97 × 8.46". A4: 11.7 × 8.3". The actual screen is only slightly smaller than an A4 page.
…is 14”. It is the perfect balance between portability, weight, and screen real estate. I’ve tried 13”, 14”, 15”, and 16”. 14” is where it’s at.
I've got an LG Gram 17-inch laptop that weighs about the same as a 13-inch macbook air. Having a huge screen on a super-light, super skinny laptop is so handy for portability and all the extra screen real-estate is great for a developer. Its difficult to go back to a 14-inch. I wish more laptop manufacturers would make ultra-lights with large screens.
The MacBook air 11" in 2012 was my favorite laptop by far. Maxed out with an i7 and 8GB RAM it handled everything I needed to including multiple InteliJ projects. The resolution today seems obscenely low, but it was completely usable and the compactness was of great utility, practical for use while traveling. I've bought tablets multiple times thinking it could replace it, it just isn't the same. It's a real shame th…
The 12" MacBook (not air, not pro) from 2017 was my dream machine... Except for the thermals limiting the performance. That issue could easily be solved with an M-series machine in a similar chassis, but alas. The current 13" M-series Airs seem a little confusing to me -- the two largest dimensions are practically the same as the current MBP, so for my use-case (i.e.: not carrying a backpack) I basically have to carr…
…is 14”. It is the perfect balance between portability, weight, and screen real estate. I’ve tried 13”, 14”, 15”, and 16”. 14” is where it’s at.