Programming setup?

[KrystalDFTD]

Hi guys, I currently have a macbook pro, now I'm thinking if I should get a large monitor for easier multitasking or should I get a diy PC with a monitor to run them side by side instead? Any opinions?

 

[davidktw]

Hi guys, I currently have a macbook pro, now I'm thinking if I should get a large monitor for easier multitasking or should I get a diy PC with a monitor to run them side by side instead? Any opinions?

If you have a MacBook Pro, why do you need to get another PC ? You can just connect your MacBook Pro to an external display. It's only for programming, how does it justify another PC ?

 

[KrystalDFTD]

Was thinking to get an external display too, but the current specs on my mbp are just average. And was thinking if something happens to my mbp *touch wood*. I wouldn't have any backup or anything else to do work.

 

[davidktw]

Was thinking to get an external display too, but the current specs on my mbp are just average. And was thinking if something happens to my mbp *touch wood*. I wouldn't have any backup or anything else to do work.

Maybe you want to provide the spec of your MacBook Pro. Well if you are concerned with a backup, it will be a totally different story. If that is the case, why don't you just consider getting a new MBP and have your old one serving as a backup ?

For external display, you can just connect it to your MBP and close the MBP screen. You will then be dedicating all graphical resources to the external display alone. If it's merely larger size physically, then it's the same as the internal display. If it's higher resolution, then you may need more resources to drive which your MBP might already be able to handle.

Actually if it is just programming, you don't need the most powerful machine unless you are really doing heavy works, which actually these days doesn't need to hide inside your little laptop. You have the cloud such as GCE, AWS, Azure as your workers

 

[KrystalDFTD]

Hi im currently using this,

13"
2.7 GHz Intel core i5
8gb 1867 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536MB
256 flash storage.

Apart from the backup, I'm kinda new to MAC OS, was using Windows all the while. Well , I'm still a student doing a dip, so not sure what I should do, any advice?

 

[davidktw]

Hi im currently using this,

13"
2.7 GHz Intel core i5
8gb 1867 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536MB
256 flash storage.

Apart from the backup, I'm kinda new to MAC OS, was using Windows all the while. Well , I'm still a student doing a dip, so not sure what I should do, any advice?

I was previously using the MacBook Pro 17" 2009 and am already connected to a Dell external monitor running at 2560x1440 60hz. You will have no issue running an external display with that spec of yours which is more powerful than what I previously have.

From http://graphics-cards.specout.com/l/6021/Intel-Iris-Graphics-6100,
it can supports up to 3 displays with the above max resolutions. So it means you will have no issue running your own internal display along with another external display. I will recommend that you connect to the external display with DisplayPort 1.2

If you are new to Mac OS, then it's good for you, so you now have the chance to use a unix system. It will be of good help to your understanding on unix systems if you know how to operate the Mac OS X effectively. Life is more than just one OS, get yourself exposed to new things. Learn Mac OS with an open heart and you will find it is very different from a Windows. When meet up with issues, just search on the web and overcome it. Learn to do things the way it is designed in Mac OS X

 

[KrystalDFTD]

I was previously using the MacBook Pro 17" 2009 and am already connected to a Dell external monitor running at 2560x1440 60hz. You will have no issue running an external display with that spec of yours which is more powerful than what I previously have.

From http://graphics-cards.specout.com/l/6021/Intel-Iris-Graphics-6100,
it can supports up to 3 displays with the above max resolutions. So it means you will have no issue running your own internal display along with another external display. I will recommend that you connect to the external display with DisplayPort 1.2

If you are new to Mac OS, then it's good for you, so you now have the chance to use a unix system. It will be of good help to your understanding on unix systems if you know how to operate the Mac OS X effectively. Life is more than just one OS, get yourself exposed to new things. Learn Mac OS with an open heart and you will find it is very different from a Windows. When meet up with issues, just search on the web and overcome it. Learn to do things the way it is designed in Mac OS X

Haha okay. Will go with your advice, don't think I'll need a such a powerful PC until i finish my University anyways. Anyway, any display ideas? I usually watch online courses and program the same time. So kinda need a huge monitor. Would an Ultrawide monitor suffice?

 

[davidktw]

Haha okay. Will go with your advice, don't think I'll need a such a powerful PC until i finish my University anyways. Anyway, any display ideas? I usually watch online courses and program the same time. So kinda need a huge monitor. Would an Ultrawide monitor suffice?

I am still using the Dell Ultrasharp U2711, however if you are not willing to pay good money for the better colour, then you can go with other Ultrasharp models which have the same resolution but without the wider colour gamut. The Dell U2715hm model seems alright too.

Feel free to read some reviews about it.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2715h.htm