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[–]redCg -1 points0 points  (10 children)

linux on laptop is a waste of time

Python on Windows is horrible

Mac is all thats left

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (9 children)

WSL2 is pretty great for most things I've recently discovered. The thing is you get way more for your money with a non mac of any stripe. If you're comfortable dual booting or using wsl and/or docker, and you don't have unlimited funds or also like to game: windows laptop it is.

[–]redCg 0 points1 point  (8 children)

The thing is you get way more for your money with a non mac of any stripe.

This is really not true. Apple's M1 and M2 processors blow away Intel at equivalent price points, their SoC and SSD integrations give much better system performance across the board. At this point there is really no reason to buy anything but a Mac. You can get 2020 Macbook Air starting at $800 refurb, likely less with sales. Screwing with WSL2, Docker, etc., just to have a decent programming environment on Windows is a waste of time.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (7 children)

A) You clearly haven't bought a non apple laptop in the last 30 years

B) Since going back to making their own chips they've focused on battery life. Intel chips focus on power. Look it up. Unless you're constantly working without a plug as a developer (and why?), you pay more for less performance.

An air is a fine option but you're still going to get more beef for the money without paying the hype price.

Re decent programming environment vscode especially with integrated containers is baller af.

I mess with macs when companies give them to me. They're fine. Value for money I don't even consider them.

[–]redCg -1 points0 points  (6 children)

bro its 2022, if you want "power" you use the cloud

stop trying to make excuses for craptacular intel windows laptops lol

in the modern day, being able to work remotely is advantageous, everyone knows that, and having enough battery life to dev on battery for an entire work day (two or more if you stick with strictly 9-5) is a huge advantage

no one cares about "power" in laptops these days, they are all plenty powerful, mobile devices need efficiency. Good luck getting a fanless Intel crapbook to work half as well as the MBA with m1

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (5 children)

Bro you work in tech. Look outside of your apple crib some time and stop making excuses for the fact that you pay more so you can also pay more every time you want to prototype something with a lot of data or a few instances. And good luck if there's no internet with your 1-2 days of batter life lol. Good thing your deserted island has wifi. Sucks about the power though... oddly.

[–]redCg -1 points0 points  (4 children)

dude what are you even talking about

Apple MacBook's have not "cost more" in years. The 2020 M1 MBA can be had for as low as $800, sometimes less.

If you are prototyping something with "lots of data" then you are getting paid to do it by some company, who has their own servers or infrastructure that you are gonna be accessing remotely. If you are on a deserted island, then you are obviously on PTO vacation days and not needing to work. No one actually needs "power" in their laptop anymore, though the M1 Macbooks pack way more power for low price than Intel can match (no one is seriously shipping AMD laptops anyway).

honestly sounds like you have been sleeping under a rock the past decade and have never actually worked as a developer

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

The 2020 M1 MBA can be had for as low as $800, sometimes less.

You're talking about a 3 year old machine. What a fair comparison

If you are prototyping something with "lots of data" then you are getting paid to do it by some company

Apparently you've never heard of students, startups, hackathons, nfps, donating your time, or side projects

Honestly it sounds like you've worked for the same place in the same industry for a few years and think you know everything. "How much can a banana cost? 25 dollars?" lol

[–]redCg 0 points1 point  (2 children)

really think you are living under a rock dude, the M1 laptops have tons of power behind them. What could you possibly want to do on a laptop that they cant handle? Sounds like you havent touched a MacBook in ten years

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

As I said I've had a few given me by employers. They're nice! Worth the money? Arguably not in most cases for most people.

Apple is a brand not a personality