Hardware not software.

May 9, 2012

Posted By:  garthy

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So software isn't important to me as whatever you install on it a later version for something is going to be available by the time I get it. apt-get is my friend.

As long as the hardware is fully supported I really don't care about anything else concerning software as I con configure it myself.

Needs:-

  • High Res display - Any developer no matter what they do needs this.
  • 8gb (16gb would be nice)[1] (
  • Core i5/7 CPU
[1] - 
  • Eclipse Eats alot of RAM.
  • Building Android needs a lot of RAM http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/3757b189f4e93df0?hl=en&pli=1
  • Building pypy needs alot of RAM http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started-python.html
  • Running a VM helps if you have lots of RAM. (Windows is needed sometimes)
  • Running Chrome with my normal amount of tabs takes 1GB
  • CPU is irrelevant if you don't have enough RAM


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    Posted By: mark1ewis

    I just went through the cycle a few days ago where I was looking for a new laptop I could run Ubuntu on for development, and this post more or less sums up my frustration.  For development I wanted something easily portable, with a lot of pixels, RAM and CPU.   I liked the XPS 13 in all other respects, but the display resolution and matte option for me was the deal-breaker.  I ended up going with a Samsung Series 9 instead.