Well I know it is not for everyone but I am sporting the new 11" Macbook Air and at 2.3 lbs it is a tradeoff on screensize but for this Starbucks nomad is perfect.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Philip Hallstrom <phi...@pjkh.com> wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2010, at 6:09 AM, Alexander H. wrote: > > > I'm currently doing mainly Ruby on Rails development. > > > > My preferable requirements would be to get at least two code editors or > > one code editor and a terminal side-by-side. > > > > It should be portable. > > How portable? I have a 15", my wife has a 13". 90% of the time I'm at my > desk on an external LCD. 90% of the time she's on the couch, kitchen table, > bedroom, friends house, etc... So for her the 13" is definitely nicer even > if she has to trade some screen real estate. For me, it really doesn't > matter the few times a month I go somewhere... > > I don't think you'll notice much difference with processor speed... you > might, but I doubt it. You might notice a big difference when you do that > initial "git st" on a huge rails project with SSD vs HD though. > > For me though... I can't stand the glossy LCD, but lots of folks love it. > Which means 15" is my only choice. > > Don't think you can go wrong either way though... > > (for the record, my 15" macbook pro is about 2.5 years old. my wife's 13" > macbook pro is about 6 months old) > > -philip > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
