I got a secondhand laptop, works great for the bulk of my work. HP 6910p, 2.4ghz core2duo, 4gb ram, $160. Pretty magnesium case and a ton of features and a trackpoint, easy sell for me, I'd have to spend ~$1500 that I consider much of an improvement.
Running Lubuntu 14.04 -- most of my work is Python related at the moment. I'm happy with this setup -- if I need more power I can always use the desktop which is a Core i5, $1500 to carry that around with me wasnt convincing
Running Lubuntu 14.04 -- most of my work is Python related at the moment. I'm happy with this setup -- if I need more power I can always use the desktop which is a Core i5, $1500 to carry that around with me wasnt convincing