The Macbook is a solid bit of hardware with great durability. For development with Vagrant, you should make sure that the machine has the maximum RAM installed, and if it&#x27;s an older one, you can do a SSD upgrade.<p>In addition, I cannot say enough good about the dotfiles project from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mathiasbynens&#x2F;dotfiles" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mathiasbynens&#x2F;dotfiles</a> for making OSX a nice developer environment. Be sure to completely read through the .osx file before applying it though, and comment out the bits you don&#x27;t like. If you maintain the .brew file and use it to install new apps (including apps via cask), you&#x27;ll have a system that is very easy to replicate. iTerm2 with tmux is great for use with Vagrant environments too.