<story><title>Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?</title><text>Hi HN!&lt;p&gt;I am looking to buy a laptop for software development in the 0 to $2000 (USD) range.&lt;p&gt;What I am looking for:
1. Durability: battery life is important to me as well as general longevity of the hardware i.e. I would like it to last a long time.&lt;p&gt;2. Linux support: I use Linux as my OS of choice and I have &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt; intention of using Windows&amp;#x2F;MacOS&lt;p&gt;3. Optimized for intensive computing usage.&lt;p&gt;Other things of note:&lt;p&gt;I looked into the Framework laptops and so far it looks like they are still a bit beta.&lt;p&gt;However, I &lt;i&gt;am&lt;/i&gt; curious about users&amp;#x27; experiences with:&lt;p&gt;* the KDE Slimbook 15: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;slimbook.es&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;slimbook-kde&amp;#x2F;kde-slimbook-15-comprar&lt;p&gt;* the Purism Librem 14: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;puri.sm&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;librem-14&amp;#x2F;&lt;p&gt;* Kubuntu Focus: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;kfocus.org&amp;#x2F;order&amp;#x2F;order-m2.html&lt;p&gt;* the StarBook 14-inch – Star Labs®: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;starlabs.systems&amp;#x2F;pages&amp;#x2F;starbook&lt;p&gt;Also tips about maintaining battery life would be appreciated. I&amp;#x27;ve read too much conflicting advice about that lately :) Thanks.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>c0mptonFP</author><text>Dude, operating system is one of the most fundamental things to consider when getting a dev machine.&lt;p&gt;MacOS is literally useless for me, because I depend on the Linux kernel.</text></item><item><author>JabavuAdams</author><text>** &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t want to use a Mac&amp;quot; **&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve had these problems with Mac&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Reasonable response: Cool, use what works for you. EDIT&amp;gt; Here are some suggestions that match your constraints.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 1: You should reconsider because Mac works great for me.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 2: Your problems aren&amp;#x27;t real problems.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 3: Let&amp;#x27;s live debug your problems in this thread to see if they&amp;#x27;re real problems.&lt;p&gt;Guys. I mean. Seriously.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>neogodless</author><text>Yes.&lt;p&gt;I think the way this conversation played out was &amp;quot;given how I use my device, is there an optimal device to buy?&amp;quot; A lot of the answers are, in turn, &amp;quot;why don&amp;#x27;t you use your device differently? having ignored your use cases and preferences, this is the device I&amp;#x27;d recommend.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It might be a valid &lt;i&gt;opinion&lt;/i&gt; to say &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t use Linux and I enjoy using MacOS on Apple Silicon&amp;quot; but... it doesn&amp;#x27;t actually help the original poster, does it? So why post that at all?&lt;p&gt;I guess I could point out to the poster that I use Windows 10, and I built a desktop PC. It doesn&amp;#x27;t really meet any of their criteria (except #3 computing power), but... it works for me. So maybe they should change and be more like me!</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?</title><text>Hi HN!&lt;p&gt;I am looking to buy a laptop for software development in the 0 to $2000 (USD) range.&lt;p&gt;What I am looking for:
1. Durability: battery life is important to me as well as general longevity of the hardware i.e. I would like it to last a long time.&lt;p&gt;2. Linux support: I use Linux as my OS of choice and I have &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt; intention of using Windows&amp;#x2F;MacOS&lt;p&gt;3. Optimized for intensive computing usage.&lt;p&gt;Other things of note:&lt;p&gt;I looked into the Framework laptops and so far it looks like they are still a bit beta.&lt;p&gt;However, I &lt;i&gt;am&lt;/i&gt; curious about users&amp;#x27; experiences with:&lt;p&gt;* the KDE Slimbook 15: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;slimbook.es&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;slimbook-kde&amp;#x2F;kde-slimbook-15-comprar&lt;p&gt;* the Purism Librem 14: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;puri.sm&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;librem-14&amp;#x2F;&lt;p&gt;* Kubuntu Focus: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;kfocus.org&amp;#x2F;order&amp;#x2F;order-m2.html&lt;p&gt;* the StarBook 14-inch – Star Labs®: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;starlabs.systems&amp;#x2F;pages&amp;#x2F;starbook&lt;p&gt;Also tips about maintaining battery life would be appreciated. I&amp;#x27;ve read too much conflicting advice about that lately :) Thanks.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>c0mptonFP</author><text>Dude, operating system is one of the most fundamental things to consider when getting a dev machine.&lt;p&gt;MacOS is literally useless for me, because I depend on the Linux kernel.</text></item><item><author>JabavuAdams</author><text>** &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t want to use a Mac&amp;quot; **&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve had these problems with Mac&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Reasonable response: Cool, use what works for you. EDIT&amp;gt; Here are some suggestions that match your constraints.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 1: You should reconsider because Mac works great for me.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 2: Your problems aren&amp;#x27;t real problems.&lt;p&gt;Annoying response 3: Let&amp;#x27;s live debug your problems in this thread to see if they&amp;#x27;re real problems.&lt;p&gt;Guys. I mean. Seriously.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>uuyi</author><text>Maybe, maybe not. I&amp;#x27;m a Linux person. I run Debian in a UTM VM on my MacBook Pro and do all the work in that.&lt;p&gt;Why? Because the host machine sucks less at all the desktop stuff that Linux is horrible at and the VM wins at all the server and dev stuff the Mac sucks at.</text></comment>