[jedieaston]

Even if Docker wasn’t possible (because no virt), a sandboxed terminal with enough utilities to bootstrap Brew is just a software problem. It wouldn’t require special hardware stuff, just as chroot doesn’t. As long as it could be accessed by other apps and stay alive in the background, it’d be a great way to code on the go.

They can make something work if Swift Playgrounds works (which is a pretty silly experience anyway. “Hey kid, great job learning Swift. Want to make a real app? Buy a $1200 MacBook and get to work!”

[Bud]

You mean $899, right? I guess $1200 was a typo.

[KMnO4]

Or hyperbole. Macs are “expensive” or “overpriced”, at least to the populi.

I’ve always found that strange given the demographic of HN. I’ve never considered good tools to be expensive. Continuous lost productivity is usually more costly than “Apple Tax”.

[headmelted]

I don't think the cost of the MacBook is the point. Pay us more money because of artificial restrictions we put in place is the point.