# 'Yield Thought: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode' [Yield Thought: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode](http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad) > On September 19th, I said goodbye to my trusty MacBook Pro and started developing exclusively on an iPad + Linode 512. This is the surprising story of a month spent working in the cloud. It all started when I bought my first MacBook a couple of years ago. Frustrated by the inconsistent…