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My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Re: My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Post by benwerd »

I use NetBeans for development, and always feel like I'm slightly inferior for not relying on vim. There's certainly a lot to be said for it, but I really like (1) being able to zoom straight to the definition of one of my functions (can vim do this?), and (2) being able to code offline / on localhost sometimes.

And I think the second point is my problem with this. Chances are, if I get a cheapo PC or a tablet to code on, it's because I'm traveling. If I'm traveling, chances are I'm not going to have a reliable Internet connection. I've got a mobile hotspot, etc etc, but sometimes the simple method - working locally - is the best.

Re: My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Post by jetti »

"It also costs less than one-tenth of the price of the MBP, so, given that, the hardware performs much better than one-tenth the quality components."

Except that it may not. You have the initial cost and then the $25 a month for basically the life of the Chromebook. Not to mention that it becomes rendered useless if you hop on a plane and happen to be on one of the many planes not equipped with wifi. Even if it does have wifi, it is just another expense to add to the cost to use a Chromebook as a development computer.

Re: My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Post by dustinrodrigues » 

    Hardware

    Look, no one’s going to beat Apple at this game, so I won’t lie to you. It’s not as nice as typing away on a MacBook Pro. It also costs less than one-tenth of the price of the MBP, so, given that, the hardware performs much better than one-tenth the quality components.
I agree that Apple products are significantly more expensive, but saying that it's "less than 1/10" the price of a MacBcook Pro is a bit disingenuous. The most comprable Apple laptop to the Chromebook is the 11" MacBook Air, whose price starts at $1000.

Re: My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Post by sunnybythesea »

niggler wrote: post #2

The following phrase struck me as very odd: "No, you want your phone book to be managed by Google or Apple" I suspect lots of people will never ever want any company to manage their phone books.

You're ooking at it from a different point of view than the author. While there are privacy concerns in handing over such data to a 3rd party, there is some merit in being able to conveniently access data from multiple devices without the headaches of managing multiple instances of it.

I think given the choice, most consumers usually pick the later since convenience trumps privacy concerns...that is until privacy/ownership bites them in the behind...

Although, I would prefer to have that choice rather than being forced to go one way or the other...

Re: My New Development Laptop: Samsung Chromebook

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Post by sunnybythesea »

benwerd wrote: post #3

I use NetBeans for development, and always feel like I'm slightly inferior for not relying on vim. There's certainly a lot to be said for it, but I really like (1) being able to zoom straight to the definition of one of my functions (can vim do this?), and (2) being able to code offline / on localhost sometimes. And I think the second point is my problem with this. Chances are, if I get a cheapo PC or a tablet to cod…

vim cscope works like a charm http://cscope.sourceforge.net/cscope_vim_tutorial.html
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