Ask HN: What would be your ideal developer laptop?

2 points by navidfarhadi 8y ago ↗ HN

I would like something like:

- Screen from 2017 15" rMBP

- Speakers from 2017 15" rMBP

- Keyboard from 2015 15" rMBP

- Port selection of 2015 15" rMBP, except with the two TB2 ports upgraded to two TB3 ports

- Magsafe charger

- Battery from 2015 15" rMBP (99.5 Wh)

- 8th gen Intel quad core CPUs and RAM up to 32GB

- User upgradable SSD and RAM

If I used Windows as my dev OS I would like something like:

- Dell XPS 15 9560 with a better keyboard, an additional TB3 port (TB3 x4 ports of course), Intel NIC, and significantly less QC issues

- Thinkpad T570 with quad core 8th gen Intel CPU and two TB3 ports

Would would be your ideal developer laptop?

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cpburns2009 8y ago ↗

I want a Dell XPS M1530 shell with modern specs. So keep its 15.4" 16:10 screen (no short 16:9), aluminum casing, removable battery, and Linux compatibility. Add a back-lit keyboard, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Blu-ray drive, 16GB RAM, i7 CPU, Nvidia GPU, and USB 3 ports. I'd pay a premium for that.