I’ve been holding out for the new 16” MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon, however recently the new Dell XPS 15 (9510) reviews have caught my attention. WSl2 has made a pretty compelling case for Windows (So I’m happy to make the jump to Windows). While I’d love to run Linux on my daily driver I can’t go without the Adobe CC Suite or Outlook. With a bit of discount stacking I’ve managed to get the price down on a pretty well specced 9510. I’m also having my doubts about the current state of Apple Silicon when it comes to being suitable as a primary dev machine.<p>So, I’m curious to know what you are all currently daily driving as a development laptop? Are there any other business style laptops that fall within the same XPS 15’s tier that you’d recommend? I’ve had a look at Lenovo’s and HP’s offerings and honestly I’ve found their current product suite lacking when it comes to features and price.
16” 2019 MacBook Pro with an i7 processor and 16GB ram.<p>I do much of my work using iTerm2, Sublime text, CLion, and IntelliJ, with a little bit of Xcode depending on the project. I also write a lot of documents. I usually start in Sublime and then move over to a collaborative GUI editor that’s used throughout my company.<p>I love MacOS.<p>Two other programs I used extensively are Omnigraffle for designs and diagrams and Omnifocus for outlining deliverables.<p>I use a 120hz 1440P display and a mechanical keyboard. No complaints about my work setup at all.
I have a 2015 MBP but I rarely use it now. It was overheating and the battery swelled up (I’ve replaced the battery since). Now, I’m using the M1 mac mini as I freelance and no longer go to a coworking space. I have a 27 inch dell monitor (I don’t really like dual monitor), the Keyboardio Atreus (slightly wider space between the wrists and thumbs pressing shift and enter keys) and a trackball. Works fine for me as I do Web and Mobile development.
HP Envy x360 convertible, with 8 GB of RAM, and 256 of SSD, running stock Windows 10. Compiles always take under 3 seconds, so it's fast enough. My vision is shot, so I use a 32" HP monitor at 1920*1080 for the main display.<p>The keyboard is a bit weird in size, so I've got an external USB keyboard and mouse.
2012 non Retina MacBook Pro 15" (macOS Big Sur using patched sur) because I’m a “looking for job” iOS developer freelancer (with Ruby on Rails from time to time)<p>So waiting the 14" Apple Silicon on Monday for the jump
not sure this could be classified as business, but...<p>TUXEDO Pulse 14 - gen 1<p>(2x 32GB) 3200MHz CL22 Samsung<p>AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (8x 2.9-4.2GHz Eight-Core, 16 Threads, 12 MB Cache, 45 W TDP)<p>1000 GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus