Ask HN: As Macs are out of the way what is the next best dev laptop

2 points by undefinednull 5y ago ↗ HN

XPS13 is awesome and powerful. but they have an average battery life.

Razer15 advanced model is great too.

surface book looks nice too What is a good choice?

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[dead] chovyfu 5y ago ↗

xps is garbage.

minimaxir 5y ago ↗

Macs aren't out of the way; only AS will take a bit for the developer ecosystem to adapt.

The Intel MacBooks are still the best dev machines for the time being.

mtmail 5y ago ↗

From 2 weeks ago "Ask HN: Best Dev Laptop 2020" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24894841

phendrenad2 5y ago ↗

I haven't found a PC laptop that comes close to the quality of the MBP. The touchpad is pure wizardry. I never accidentally touch the corner of it while typing and send my cursor flying across the screen. The hardware is solid, and can be repeatedly woken/suspended all day long simply by closing the lid, without a driver lockup. The OS never crashes. It overheats and still works fine.

Truly the next best thing to a MBP for development work is a Windows desktop with WSL.

itg 5y ago ↗

I use a thinkpad carbon x1 with ubuntu and haven't had any issues.