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Ask HN: 2015 Macbook Experience

2 pointsby MathsOXover 9 years ago
What has been your experience with the Macbook? When have you hit practical limitation in your day-to-day coding and hacking around?<p>I have a 13&quot; rMBP, 16GB, but would love to give the Macbook a whirl if it&#x27;s not completely unpractical.

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shakycodeover 9 years ago
I&#x27;ve played with the new Macbook and really like it but haven&#x27;t actually made the purchase. I have a 2014 rMBP, 16GB and it&#x27;s a beast. I do a lot of programming and run a lot of builds&#x2F;test suites and CPU&#x2F;Memory intensive processes so having the horsepower available is important to me.<p>The 2015 Macbook pack less of a punch in the name of portability and a sleek design. I think if you are not doing anything &quot;heavy&quot; like running a bunch of VMs or doing heavy computation&#x2F;builds you should be fine for day to day usage as an average coding folk.<p>It&#x27;s my opinion that the new Macbook is a way to get a higher-end machine into the hands of many. It also looks like the Macbook with it&#x27;s slim design and lighter weight could put some pressure on the MacBook Air line to up its game or could possibly eliminate it entirely.<p>The 12&quot; Macbook is nice and if I had the money I&#x27;d probably buy one, but I&#x27;m spoiled to my rMBP 15 even though it weighs a metric ton.
chrover 9 years ago
My previous laptop was a late 2006 15&quot; macbook pro, so I find my 12&quot; Macbook to be fast enough.<p>I hope for a suitable external display some day.