What laptop are you using for your day to day work and why?

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Post by apavlinovic » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 4:17 AM UTC

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Post by modzu » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 4:36 AM UTC

desktop, because it's fast and ergonomic

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Post by kevitivity » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

I use a laptop at the desk, with a monitor and proper keyboard / mouse and task chair. I use MacBooks mostly because of OS X and the need to interface with Linux and Unix infrastructure. I don't need horsepower on my workstation, because all the CPU or disk IO I need is in the data center.

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Post by askafriend » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:11 AM UTC

MacBook Pro 15" because our entire org runs on MacOS. It's fantastic since we have Linux/Unix infrastructure and also have iOS/Android apps to build. It's great for everything we do and they're super reliable.

Can't imagine working on anything else.

Some of my colleagues have an iMac + MacBook Pro setup. The iMac is at their desk and the MacBook Pro is for taking to meetings and working from home.

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Post by svennek » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:42 AM UTC

Lenovo X1, because it's tiny, dependable, powerful enough and not a mac. Mine runs ArchLinux.

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Post by svennek » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 5:44 AM UTC

svennek wrote: post #5

Lenovo X1, because it's tiny, dependable, powerful enough and not a mac. Mine runs ArchLinux.

By dependable I mean really well built, serviceable and with on-site warranty, that is great..

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Post by sharmi » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 6:24 AM UTC

A Lenovo T470s. Works with linux out of the box. Able to take anything I through at it. A screen resolution that does not hurt my eyes.

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Post by sdan » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 7:32 AM UTC

Macbook; It's just more supported for a lot of software which made me make the switch.

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Post by _mrmnmly » Mon, Oct 08, 2018, 7:57 AM UTC

For the last 5+ years I've been using ZenBook UX32LN - it's still the best machine I've bought (I've replaced my MacBook 2012 for it with no regrets).

I was working linux for these years on it, but switched recently to Windows 10 + Microsoft's linux subsystem thingie - it works pretty nice - once this machine will totally break I think I'll consider one of Surface Books since the OS is not a problem for me anymore.

Why I work on it? It's fast (SSD + i7 (even if it's an outdated model) + 12GB of RAM) makes it really reliable for fullstack development. Besides that, 13" Screen is enough for me, makes it pretty mobile machine.