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What's a good laptop for dev / adobe suite? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by rolofox@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I recently started working with a lot of clients that use the adobe suite, mostly illustrator. And wanted to get a laptop to work and move around with.

I'm trying to stay away from apple, seeing those prices for the storage they have I'm looking for another option.

I'm looking into ThinkPads but there are so many options I don't know what would be a good choice, must have a good bright screen and a good keyboard.

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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

Just get a MacBook Pro.

I don’t get the stubbornness that makes you choose an inferior tool. It’s a piece of equipment you need to do your job, just get the best equipment you can. Why would you sabotage yourself by using shitty tools?

If you’re a professional developer you really only need one main piece of equipment to do your job and it’s not even a lot of money to begin with. Compare this to many other trades. For example: a nephew of mine installs A/V equipment, basically a glorified electrician. He drives a €25k van with about €15k worth of tools and supplies in the back. I bet his hourly rate is less than yours.

Drop €4-5k on a nice loaded MacBook Pro. That’s, what ? One week of billable hours?