Comments on: And That’s How I Ended up Developing with a Chromebook

By: david

david — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:21:17 +0000

ive been doing pretty heavy front and backend web development on my toshiba chromebook 2 (celeron) for a couple years now. I have it configured with crouton, but I mainly ssh into a digital ocean droplet for all my development. crouton is cool, but ive found the only use case is when I need to work with no internet, like on a long flight.

I really like developing on chromeos. my gripes are that i wish that the stock build was more developer friendly ( i dont want to have to boot in dev mode) and the Toshiba is just a bit too slow to do front end development comfortably. I am on the lookout for a good replacement laptop and am open to any OS, but IMO chrome os is almost perfect for my needs.

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By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 04:25:58 +0000

In reply to Rob Bazinet. I think that the Lenovo has still the edge for me. Especially when you consider the weight. That Razer is about 2 lbs heavier than the Lenovo.

By: Rob Bazinet

Rob Bazinet — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:00:24 +0000

In reply to Antonio Cangiano. Wow, never seen those. Really nice but the price goes up pretty quickly but the specs do sound great. Something you're considering? I am looking at Lenovo X1 Carbon more seriously too. Those keyboards are really nice.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:04:01 +0000

In reply to Rob Bazinet. I'll throw another option for you to mull over: 2016 Razer Blade. 14" Quad Core.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:06:30 +0000

In reply to László Földes. I saw that and I'd be interested in one. But it looks like it won't ship to international audiences for a while. It made me think however that China has the potential to dominate this space in the next ten years.

By: László Földes

László Földes — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:55:09 +0000

Although I’m a Lenovo fan, I have phones from Xiaomi that served me well, and just yesterday Xiaomi announced 2 notebooks: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/07/xiaomi-takes-on-the-macbook-with-the-750-mi-notebook-air/

By: Rob Bazinet

Rob Bazinet — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:26:28 +0000

Ah, right..LOL. That’s how I found the Zenbook in the first place. I wish there were quad core 13.3″. Need to look at Dell harder too.

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:19:24 +0000

In reply to Rob Bazinet. I actually did consider the 13" Asus in my original post. I found the Lenovo to have a better keyboard however, and the Dell XPS a nicer screen. So I originally focused my attention more on these two. But I genuinely like the Asus Zenbook lineup.

By: Rob Bazinet

Rob Bazinet — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:16:35 +0000

In reply to Antonio Cangiano. The 15" is quad core so it's beefy. Why didn't you consider Asus?