- a big display? (average of 42 open windows while developing)
- a good and handy keyboard? (developers actually use the keyboard, did you know?)
- a handy pointing device that doesn't get in your way? (those trackpoints really cut it, ever heard about?)
- lots of RAM? (IDE, emuiators, you name it)
- a small display (with 4K option on a 13.3" display... like developers didn't know that's perfectly useless for software development at least)
- a small, no backlit keyboard. Backlight is not even an option. Let alone keys quality.
- a big touchpad that gets in your way and steals space from the keyboard.
- max 16GB of RAM
Now let's look at other "selling points" of those laptops that unfortunately most developers won't care about, ever:
- Ubuntu 18.04. Please. Any developer out there will replace that. IF a developer needs ANYTHING AT ALL operating system wise, that's a valid Windows license and a penguin on the box, just to be sure the laptop can run linux. The words "Ubuntu" and "Developer" usually do not play well together. The words "Outdated" and "Developer" are not even both included in the same vocabulary of any language.
- Elegance in three different styles. Yes, because you know, developers devote a whole life to elegance, design and style. That's exactly why they're being called nerds.
- Integrated (e.g. non-swappable) battery to save space and weight. Because you know, devs are very light in battery drain, they just browse the net... just in case any of them happen to use IDEs, compilers, emulators and the like, they can always resort to handy external powerbanks. They only had to sell a kidney to buy that ultrabook after all.
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