[LRUG] MacBook for Ruby dev work

[Damon McMinn]

I run Fedora + Gnome/Ubuntu + i3 on a refurbished HP Pavilion AMD A10
with 8GB RAM. Performance is more than acceptable. SSD makes all the
difference. I much prefer this over my work machine (15" MBP) but do
lament poorer battery life and the lack of a Retina screen...
 
 
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, at 10:50 AM, Andi Studer wrote:
> 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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