Itโs that time of year again, where I see cool swanky new tablet / laptop hybrid things and start wondering if I could actually replace a Macbook Air for shorter / longer travel.
Anyone have any thoughts on Googleโs new Pixel C? Anyone have experience writing code (or for that matter, writing long-form text, like a novel) with either Android or IOS as your main operating system? Would you leave the Macbook at home for a one week trip? A one month trip? Long-term?
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I know the softwareโs not quite there yet. I anticipate major issues being the lack of web dev tools for mobile OSes (I write a ton of front-end code!), and flaky alternatives to Sublime. Iโm interested in figuring out if itโs โgood enoughโ. For example, howโs Cloud9 on Android? Any workarounds I should know about?
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Anyone living tethered to Tmux / Vim on a Linode (or other VPS) full-time? Iโm not drinking the Vim Koolaid (or well-aged single malt) yet, but might consider it if thereโs a tangible reason for it.
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Is the hardware trade-off likely to hurt a lot? $500 - $600 buys quite a lot of laptop, running Intel 4th gen processors + the never-ending clunkiness of trying to make Ubuntu work on Windows hardware. Where should I expect to feel the pain on a Pixel C?
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Anyone figuring out a semi-reliable way to multi-task with multiple windows in Android? For example, how painful would it be to run two terminal sessions, a Cloud9 window, and a Rails tutorial window at the same time, switching between them constantly?
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Is there a compelling reason to consider an Ipad Air 2 over the Pixel C? Theyโre in the same ballpark, and though Iโve stuck with Android as a phone OS, Iโm very used to working within the Apple ecosystem for work stuff (downloading El Capitan as I type this).
Note: Iโm fairly anti-Windows these days, especially as a dev environment (havenโt used it since XP), so an older Surface isnโt likely to be a good alternative unless the Ubuntu support is rock solid
Thanks! All feedback appreciated.