Hey, so first off - I've never owned a mac. I haven't even used a laptop for quite some time. I have a decent PC and I just need something that I could work on when I'm travelling.
I'm not a heavy user, it will probably run brackets/sublime and chrome with some music player at it peaks so I don't need a performance beast, however I would like it to last me for another year or two, still being buttery smooth.
I wanted to get myself a ThinkPad but they are harder to get used so I'm leaning towards something like 13 inch MacBook Air/Pro.
Just tell me if Air is gonna be enough if I want a smooth OS X for another 1-2 years and to work with it comfortably for an hour or two from time to time. Resolution might be an important factor too, I currently have one 2k and one 1080p monitor and I can't even imagine working without them at the moment, therefeore is 1080p macbook going to be sufficient ? Or I need a step up in resolution ?
>>17260804
I chose the 13" Air. The Pro is too heavy and the battery is drained faster.
Personally, I went for an upgraded Air. Better CPU and more RAM. That's mostly so it'll last for a few more years, though.
Resolution was never really an issue, for me.
>>17260804
Yes the 13 air is ok, did webdev on it for a couple months before switching to an iMac. The screen is kinda shitty cause it's a TN panel and it has bad viewing angle.
The 13 macbook pro retina is good too and the screen is godly. Don't even consider the non-retina one.
In both cases just don't jew out on the SSD, don't get the 128GB, 256GB ones are way faster.
I really really don't recommend a macbook of any kind if you are:
a) going to code on it
and
b) going to UPLOAD the code you have on it from a mac to elsewhere.
I am not saying it's impossible, but in the case of the tech companies that allow you to do this, they practically give you a mac designated station fitted for this purpose precisely because it's such a pita.
>work on it comfortably for an hour or two
This is going to be impossible on any laptop, just so you know. The most you can do is probably a bit of review and syntax editing. You won't be able to code-code or any heavy refactoring kind of stuff.
>>17260854
> going to code on it
> going to UPLOAD the code you have on it from a mac to elsewhere
All right, you lost me. Why would ANY of these be an issue? Been doing it for a year and a half, by now, and have never had any issues.
>>17260854
Uneducated windows monkey spotted
>going to code on it
Use fucking atom or sublime text
>going to UPLOAD the code
I guess you mean deploy, just push it to a git repo and/or deploy via ftp
You really only need 4-5 tools to do everything
also would like suggestions for webdev and iOS app development.
Air seems to be the main choice.
>>17260804
Web dev? You'd be fine with a Pentium 4 from 10 years ago. It's really not that demanding, assuming you're not doing anything stupid.
