I'm due for a new laptop too and have been thinking about this. Eclipse + ADT are pretty much all I need besides web browser. I have been using Win 7 on a Dell Latitude and have found Eclipse+ADT to be slow and buggy. I would like a better experience.
It is my unscientific impression that Google devs use Apple laptops (would love to see some stats). I don't mean to be negative - I think the ADT devs are very good at engaging in the ADT issues tracker - but I think most of their testing is done ad-hoc by the devs, so, if they are using Apple then that is where the testing is happening. It seems a shame to pay such a premium, and I'm not really an Apple fan, but if it works better for Android dev then I guess that is the right answer. Tom On Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:42:46 AM UTC-4, Nathan wrote: > > Since the hardware would primarily be used for developing Android, I think > this is on topic. > > My three year old Vista laptop does do well at complex builds in Eclipse, > I'd just like to do more than one per day. ;) > > What do you recommend for my next development laptop? > > I really don't enjoy hardware shopping any more than car shopping. . > > I have a vague idea that I want plenty of processor speed, plenty of > memory, Solid State drive, and probably 15 inch screen. I do have a 17 > inch screen now, and that was largely because I didn't even have an > external monitor. Now it is docked to an external monitor most of the time, > and is just too bulky when I actually do lug it somewhere. > > This would probably gain me an hour of productivity every day, so I can > afford to sink a 1-2,000 or maybe more. > > I did have the idea of maybe getting a MacBook Pro, since it could do iOS > development if I dabbled on the dark side, could possibly run Windows if I > did some development on that side. Then again, getting a Windows Laptop > and a Mac mini could also solve that problem. > > I haven't really gotten into Linux for a personal computer, though I do > have a remote server running Debian now. > > Nathan > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
