Yeah, I'm hitting this dilemma on the laptop front. It is hardware refresh time at work, and there is a concerning dent near the fan on my MBP, along with a light spot on the panel.
I despise MacOS's keyboad shortcuts. I just want a stable linux laptop that is fast enough for emacs + web browsing and has an impeccable screen/keyboard/trackpad/battery.
My HW budget is high enough to buy a high end apple laptop and tiny (27"?) apple-ish display from LG.
If I move to a overkill-nice PC laptop, and also buy a 43" 4K (non color matched) monitor, I think I'll be able to buy a ryzen cluster with the left over cash.
I'm not sure if that will be faster or slower than my xeon VM in the data center, or if I want to spend the time setting up distcc.
The dilemma is the following: do I flush a few thousand bucks of company money down the drain to get a middling, marginally productive setup, or do I deal with the PITA / risk of configuring my described linux setup?
I despise MacOS's keyboad shortcuts. I just want a stable linux laptop that is fast enough for emacs + web browsing and has an impeccable screen/keyboard/trackpad/battery.
My HW budget is high enough to buy a high end apple laptop and tiny (27"?) apple-ish display from LG.
If I move to a overkill-nice PC laptop, and also buy a 43" 4K (non color matched) monitor, I think I'll be able to buy a ryzen cluster with the left over cash.
I'm not sure if that will be faster or slower than my xeon VM in the data center, or if I want to spend the time setting up distcc.