On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Ollie wrote:
Pointless question I know as an experienced programmer can work with
any hardware but I wanted some opinions on the new macbook air 13".
My current PC which is a 1.2ghz dual core with 4gb of ram is on it's
last legs.
Can't feel sorry for you. I'm using a 5 year old MacBookPro maxed out
at 2gb RAM.
I've been running ubuntu and while the machine hasn't been
lightning quick it gets the job done. So I was thinking of getting the
new MBA with 1.86ghz and 4GB of ram and was wondering whether anyone
had any experience with it, I just need to kick round rails and push
my projects up to heroku. The only heavy thing I have to deal with is
some large databases around 40mb.
Sorry, but 40mb is absolutely not a large database.
Does the SSD help?
While I don't have one, there are four developers I work with who have
SSD and it make a huge difference.
Right now I can't
stretch to a MBP 15" and I need to replace this week so any advice
would be appreciated.
Get the best machine you can afford (or maybe even a little better
than that). If you get an Apple, get the ProCare for it and keep the
machine for at least 3 years. (Like I said, mine is from 2006.)
-Rob
Rob Biedenharn
[email protected] http://AgileConsultingLLC.com/
[email protected] http://GaslightSoftware.com/
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