Using a MacBook for Xcode/IntelliJ?

Hi,
I have a 2009 MacBook Pro. It's been a wonderful machine and I still use it plenty 6 years on. I am, however, in the market for a new laptop.
I have a 27-inch 2012 iMac (i7) at home which is what I do anything that needs a lot of power on. So what I need is a portable, lightweight machine with long battery life that I can do things like web development and application programming on. I am a student and as such most of what I do is in either Java or C (web stuff in Node). I tried a Chromebook earlier on this year and ended up loving it for using tmux/vim to work, but loading up an IDE was not a workable possibility. I loved the fact that 15 hours of battery life coupled with a screen that was clear to see and a half decent keyboard meant I could work nearly anywhere, anytime. I need a Mac though!
So I'm choosing between:
- MacBook 12" 1.3GHz
- MacBook Pro 13" 2.7GHz
Has anyone used the 12" with an IDE and if so, what's it like?
Thanks,
Freddie

So i dont know why i didnt post this, but back in 2010 i went back to school for a MS in CIS. The programming requirements were Java (desktop apps, not Java EE) and Web app development (XHTML, HTML5, PHP, and JS). i bought a 2010 MBA that had 2GB of memory and a Core 2 Duo and it was more than enough power to run all this, and i just uncommented the included Apache and PHP on Mac to run the web apps. I also took a somewhat advanced RMDBS course using MySQL that ran fine on the 2010; just recalled i used MySQL in the web app dev class too. if the 2010 MBA was fine, the new MacBook will be more than enough; definatelly more powerful then the 2010 MBA i recently sold.
Like you said, if you find you need some real power, just use the lab machine. Writing code on the MacBook will not give you any issues.
So battery, two answers. the other week we had an all day hack-a-thon and i ran 100% on battery for 9 hours. I rarely put it to sleep, BUT i was only taking notes, answering email's and IM pretty much non stop. I did crack open the IDE here and there, but didnt have the need to start JBoss or anything locally. was very impressed with basic use battery life, and walked out with 4% battery left.
However, if you do have Apache, PHP, MySQL etc running it will suck the battery life. no so much just using IntelliJ. I think you'll be fine for all day use. One note of caution, the bottom will get rather warm when under a decent load. There are no moving parts in the MacBook, so no fans. Not burning hot or anything, just warm enough where you'd expect the fans to kick in, which dont exist

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