Ask HN: I'm a Mac User and I love the XPS 13 FHD, what should I do?
Yes, I'm a Mac OS X user (desktop workstation at least) and I needed a new notebook for programming (Python, Java, C, C++), so I bought a Macbook Air 13" base model. Now I saw the Dell XPS 13 1080p with a gorgeous IPS display and 8GB Ram and...I felt in love. My macbook air came with an LG Display, a shitty display: poor calibration, poor colors and viewing angles. I admit: I'm a little geek and my "OSX" runs on a Hackintosh and my actual monitor is a 24" Dell IPS Display and when I see that TN panel I'm afraid.
I can't stand that I bought a 1200$ notebook for that TN panel, but still I use mac a lot. It's stable on my hackintosh and it runs really bad on that Air. I don't want to spend 1600$ for a retina, I'm just a student and my use of OSX came from guys like Paul Irish or others Google Employees, their example of how they develop fast on mac was stunning so I felt in it. I'm also used a little to Arch Linux, I run it on Virtualbox and it seems fine.
My decision is hard. Can you please suggest me something and give me some reasons, please please please?