Good points. 13" is small, even with HD. But do you not connect this to a bigger screen when you are in the office? At the same time I see a lot of developers running around with a MacBook Air..... Doesn't seem to be different.
Hard Disk: Cloud is the way to go. My hard disk is empty these days..... V On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> wrote: > My Sentiments Exactly! And am not even a core developer... > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Colour me hard-to-please but really I think not. >> 1. 13" is far too small. Your average developer these days likes a bit >> more screen real estate because they have many windows open at a time >> (browser windows on a couple of reference documents, multiple source >> windows, etc). 15" is at the lower limit in my view, 17" would be good, but >> then the laptops tend to be heavy. >> 2. 4GB of RAM! Again from what I have seen, developers tend to run VMs >> from time to time, to test how things work in other environments (say for >> example how a site renders in IE8). Run your typical Windows VM in 4GB and >> see what happens. >> 3. Hard drive too small. Most people I know will have filled that with the >> music they listen to as they work. >> >> Slapping Ubuntu on this aint nearly enough. >> >> P. >> >> On Sep 19, 2012, at 09:44, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: >> >> > Is this the developer Linux dream machine? >> > >> > http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/sputnik.aspx >> > >> > V >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> > >> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> > [email protected] >> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> > >> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> > any way. >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. > > > > > -- > Brian Ssennoga | FOSS & ICT Consulting > > COSS | @COSSug | #COSS > FOSSFA Country Liaison - Uganda | @fossfa | #FOSSFA > Skype: bssennoga | Gtalk - b.ssennoga > > Blog | Alt. Email | Twitter | > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
