I got an 11-inch Asus UX21E to replace my heavy, battery-hog 17-inch HP monster. I chose it for two reasons:
1. It's really, really light, I can carry it in one hand or in my Muji manbag. And it's a PC.
2. It's an i5, so while it's fast enough for web and email, the limitations of CPU and GPU power keep me honest as a client-side coder.
Six months on, I can't fault it. I'll upgrade when DX11 GPU's become available, but for now it's perfect. If I needed a Mac, I'd get an Air, but I need a PC: I can't imagine ever going back to a full-fat laptop, and tablets are simply not for C++ coders, end of story.
>It's an i5, so . . . the limitations of CPU and GPU power keep me honest as a client-side coder.
Off-topic, but I wish Google's client-side coders had your attitude! Most of the (annoying) "this web page is not responding," alertboxes I get on my Sandy Bridge i5 are from Gmail, Google SERPs and Google Reader.
1. It's really, really light, I can carry it in one hand or in my Muji manbag. And it's a PC.
2. It's an i5, so while it's fast enough for web and email, the limitations of CPU and GPU power keep me honest as a client-side coder.
Six months on, I can't fault it. I'll upgrade when DX11 GPU's become available, but for now it's perfect. If I needed a Mac, I'd get an Air, but I need a PC: I can't imagine ever going back to a full-fat laptop, and tablets are simply not for C++ coders, end of story.