[LRUG] MacBook for Ruby dev work

[Andi Studer]

Thanks all for for sharing their experiences on hardware! I might go for a
Retina MBP then.

On 19 July 2016 at 10:35, Paul Battley <pbattley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 July 2016 at 10:09, Ian Moss <hello at ianmoss.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone currently use a machine other than an Apple based product?
> >
> > I run unbuntu on a ThinkPad, and enjoy using it. Quite like it when I
> meet
> > others with one too, though we're pretty rare. Keep meaning to try mint,
> but
> > havn't got around to it yet.
>
> I use Ubuntu (Lubuntu, to be precise, because the interface is more
> boring) 14.04 LTS (again, because stability is boring) on a ThinkPad
> x220. The keyboard is really nice, and it works fine for me! After
> working alongside people using OS X, I'm pretty sure that apt is less
> hassle than Homebrew.
>
> My computer cost £260 refurbished, plus a bit extra for an SSD and 16
> GB of RAM. It's not as slim as a MacBook Pro, but it weighs about the
> same, and I probably wouldn't be too devastated if I dropped or lost
> it. In fact, it's cheap enough that I bought another identical one to
> leave at client sites instead of carrying it there and back each day.
>
> The only thing that might prompt me to upgrade at this point would be
> a higher resolution screen, but as I mostly use it plugged into an
> external monitor that's not a huge issue.
>
> Paul.
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