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    MBP and Java

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bran, Jun 17, 2007.

  1. bran

    bran Notebook Consultant

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    How good MBP is for serious java development work?
    I am considering MBP and Thinkpad T61, both 2G and both $2000CAN. MBP has student discount $200CAN and T61 similar discount at visaperks.ca

    T61 apparently have better keyboard (and I love good keyboards very much), maybe it is even more robust (with added case cage in addition to HD cage) and it is more portable at 14.1".
    But then, all java bloggers use MBP. There must be a reason? Why would somebody do java development on MBP and not on T61 for example?
     
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  2. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    maybe easier access to Unix/Linux tools in addition to OSX?

    Remember that a mac can run Windows fine, so, it may not truly be an either or scenario in that case.

    I like my Dell keyboard better than my MBP keyboard. If anything the T61 is prolly even better than my dell.
     
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    There's no question that the T61 is more robust than the MBP.

    As for keyboards, the Thinkpad keyboard is very very good (solid, flat, no flex). I actually like the MBP's keyboard as well however--it's softer, but there's still minimal flex, and it feels pretty good.

    You're right count_schemula, the Thinkpad keyboard is far better than any of the Dell lines' keyboards. My Latitude keyboard feels so flexy that I feel like the entire thing's bending and bouncing with each keystroke.

    Not sure about MBP, but Java runs like an 800-pound gorilla wading through molasses on Windows. Maybe that's part of the reason?
     
    taelrak, Jun 17, 2007
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