On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:45 PM, David Skinner <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> I'm looking for a laptop that has descent battery life (> 8 hours) and
> enough resources to run 1 - 3 light VM's at a time (Virtualbox/Vagrant 128
> - 256 MB machines).
>
> What are you all using and what do you like/not like about your laptop?
>

I run a MBP15. I use VirtualBox and Parallels and have not problem with 3+
vagrants running at a time. What do I like about it? It is pretty. The OS
is married to the hardware. Never need to worry about hardware drivers. No
extra processes lost to AV software. A unix command line comes standard.


I've used macs in the past, but never owned my own laptop. If I got a
> macbook, what should I look for? If I go windows-based, does anyone have
> any good recommendations for a brand?
>

With a MBP your options are screen size, amount of RAM, and disk space.
Look for what you need. :)

If money is not an object, get a Mac. If you do not go with a Mac, do you
really need Windows? If not, just get a Linux laptop.

Google showed me this HackerNews thread on Linux laptops. Might be worth a
read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8673709

Cheers,
Jonathan

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