[cauterized]

I do web development, so very little about the speed of my work is constrained by the hardware. If I started doing work that required compilation or emulators, that might change.

Work: 13" MBP (brand new when I started, maxed RAM) + 20" external monitor and external keyboard/mouse.

Home: 13" MBP (a few years old now) with most of my life on it; secondhand 11" MBA for most computing needs outside the house. I've inadvertently taken to using the MBA for personal development work because it has fewer distractions.

I don't use the external monitor all that often at work, and don't really miss it at home (though the limited vertical resolution of the MBA can be limiting, an external monitor isn't really something you bring to Starbucks or a conference). I got used to working without one in a previous job, and use a scaled resolution and virtual desktops instead to keep myself sane.

My intention is to spend as little time and mental energy as possible on managing my computing environment in order to have more left over to use on the actual computing.