Given that you are learning, mobility could help you going to meetups, friends houses, et al, to learn. That said, the lighter the better. Go with a macbook air.
Macbook air Or Macbook pro
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Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#12If you don't need to use any Mac OS specific software then you could get a Windows laptop, the hardware is generally cheaper. If it must be an Apple then the Air is more than suitable for a bit of coding.
"If it must be an Apple then the Air is more than suitable for a bit of coding."
Why? I'm looking into getting an Apple laptop and don't know which to get. I'm leaning towards the MBP just because I'm getting into music production and the extra hard drive space would be nice to have but I would also use it for programming as well.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#13I don't want to be seen as a troll, but for a development laptop System76 provide high quality but reasonably priced Ubuntu laptops.
You'll come to thank the Ubuntu / Debian package manager when it comes to setting up the dev env.. ;-)
You could also of course run Ubuntu on IBM, Lenovo, Dell, Apple or any other manufacturers box.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#14I don't want to be seen as a troll, but for a development laptop System76 provide high quality but reasonably priced Ubuntu laptops. You'll come to thank the Ubuntu / Debian package manager when it comes to setting up the dev env.. ;-) http://www.system76.com You could also of course run Ubuntu on IBM, Lenovo, Dell, Apple or any other manufacturers box.
I was happy with a System 76 pangolin a few years ago. Only problem was the battery life. I looked at their newer offerings, and they look nice. Does anyone have experience with System 76's newer models?
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#15Both laptops will be fine to learn programming in C/C++, the decision should be taken by other features or needs. The macbook pro offers more processing power, but if you want portability choose macbook air. If your only interest is learn to program I would recommend you to buy the macbook air.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#16Both laptops will be fine to learn programming in C/C++, the decision should be taken by other features or needs. The macbook pro offers more processing power, but if you want portability choose macbook air. If your only interest is learn to program I would recommend you to buy the macbook air.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#17If you don't need to use any Mac OS specific software then you could get a Windows laptop, the hardware is generally cheaper. If it must be an Apple then the Air is more than suitable for a bit of coding.
Such a '90s cliché. Cheaper does not always mean better value, and it is often at the expense of build/longevity. Apple does overcharge on memory/disk upgrades (as does MS, just look at the ahem 32gb Surface with 16gb of free space). But generally I find Apple a solid buy.
> it is often at the expense of build/longevity
You can get very well built Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo (and more) laptops still cheaper than Mac hardware; and you can run Hackintosh or a Mac VM if you need access to Mac OS.
> generally I find Apple a solid buy.
So do I, all I was saying was that if he doesn't necessarily need an Apple machine then he could consider a Windows system.
> Such a '90s cliché
Yawn.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#18If you don't need to use any Mac OS specific software then you could get a Windows laptop, the hardware is generally cheaper. If it must be an Apple then the Air is more than suitable for a bit of coding.
"If it must be an Apple then the Air is more than suitable for a bit of coding." Why? I'm looking into getting an Apple laptop and don't know which to get. I'm leaning towards the MBP just because I'm getting into music production and the extra hard drive space would be nice to have but I would also use it for programming as well.
Like I said, the Air is more than suitable for coding however it might not be suited to music production, for that you might want a beefier machine.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#19I think if you have to ask, the Air (with memory maxed) will be fine. The Pro is a safe bet to.
Something to think about - if you are doing the majority of your work on the laptop screen, I do find its nice to have a 15".
I have a quad-core Linux desktop with 12gb of RAM. And an 11" Air with 4gb of RAM. For Java development I find them both adequate, unless I'm working with an 8gb dataset - but that might fall more into the testing category.
Re: Macbook air Or Macbook pro
#20Get the 13.3" MacBook Air.