If you are a software developer, which laptop do you use and why?
Please provide the exact model if possible along with the price you bought it for. Looking to buy a new laptop without spending a fortune.
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Mac is overrated and you will have ergonomic problems if you don't use an external monitor. Mac is not readily compatible is most low to medium end external monitors by design. Go for Thinkpad with Ubuntu.
ASUS G17 Strix, Ryzen 7 4800, RTX 3070, 32GB RAM, 1TB NVMe
Attaches to my 3 monitors nicely (13 YO DELL 720p, LG Ergo 4k, LG Ergo UW 2K)
Stupid fast. Windows on base. Linux on VMware. Works like a charm for me.
Solid!
Doesn't the different monitors screens mess up your flow? Like I would be super triggered if both my monitors were not identical.
I had a chance to use MacBook Pro M2 Max for 1 yr for backend. Trust me that is the best a machine can get. Blazes through anything you throw at it.
Thinkpad Linux always I have MacBook Pro it’s scrap.. Linux is always about freedom Linux will give you freedom go for it
I started with Windows, the wsl problems and instability drove me away. Docker over HyperV was super heavy and over wsl2 had file system performance issues.
Git rebases used to take 2-3 second for every action because of the fs bottleneck.
Ditched it and moved to Ubuntu, great dev experience. Some issues with snap making the some apps slower but got around all that, biggest issue was driver support. Both my external display and lap display looked awful because of non-native drivers and bluetooth devices get choppy. My web cam was so so bad that in one of my interviews the HR asked me to get an external webcam or something. Plus needed to dual boot to Windows whenever I need the Adobe Suite.
I was trying to fix these issues one by one but got fed-up and switched to Mac Pro M2 Pro
the normal M1/M2 doesn’t have enough I/O for my monitors and accessories.
This has been one of my best decisions I suppose, (except for the price). Everything just works, no jugaad or workarounds. As an added benefit since there are so many people use the same mac. It’s easier to develop Apps with consistent experience.
The ecosystem is just clean and amazing. There are mac apps that are just amazing Cleanshot X, Meeter, Timemator, Maccy, Dropzone.
Mac M2 pro is the best
MacBook M1 base variant, exchanged old one and got it for 64k. It's just awesome and good for development, was tired of buggy window and blue screen.
Dell G15 for anything that isn’t frontend oriented. Macbook air and ipad for any design and frontend tasks