• QuizzaciousOtter
    47•1 year ago

    I can only use it as a laptop 1% of the time and it still makes perfect sense because otherwise I would have to own a separate device for this 1% of the time.

    • AbsentBird
      8•1 year ago

      That makes sense. Though I think it depends on what you’re doing for that 1%. For me personally I prefer a beefy desktop for work+games, and a low-power laptop/tablet for portable jobs.

      That way I can upgrade the PC tower every couple years and keep using the same portable device for years and years, since it’s basically just an email/web/SSH terminal. I’ve been using the same desktop PC since 2009, just upgrading it as needed. Over 15 years it feels like fewer devices than having to keep replacing a high end laptop every 3-4 years or so.

  • not the chosen one
    25•1 year ago

    you’re telling me there are people who DON’T have a high-refresh monitor, mechanical keyboard, and wired 13-button mouse on them at all times?

    • @sparkle@lemm.eeCymraeg
      3•1 year ago

      Does a laptop with a built-in high refresh rate display and mechanical keyboard count…?

      • AbsentBird
        1•1 year ago

        Only if you got that 13 button wired mouse in your laptop bag.

        • @chiliedogg@lemmy.world
          2•1 year ago

          I personally carry my MX Master. Not as many buttons, but the adaptive free-scrolling and the side-scrollling wheel make it a productivity lifesaver.

          • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
            1•1 year ago

            as a dev I absolutely love the free scrolling wheel, and the ability to quickly switch between multiple devices. to top it all off, the mx master has the most reliable and consistent surface tracking I’ve ever come across on a mouse

    • Flying Squid
      3•1 year ago

      Sometimes I have to pee. And I can’t use a computer because it takes both hands. Hey-ooooooo!

  • @Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11•1 year ago

    ergonomics. portable screens need to be at eye level, keyboards need to be nearer, pointing devices are overdue for revolution on portables.

    • @cRazi_man@lemm.ee
      7•1 year ago

      Also the shittier hardware for more money, terrible ergonomics, and noise/heat of a laptop. I tried using a high end laptop for a couple of years. Now I’m much happier after selling it and replacing it with a PC. 8th gen Intel laptops are dirt cheap and very capable for most tasks (as a secondary device) for when the portability is absolutely required.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
    9•1 year ago

    I went from desktop to 100% laptop over several years; now I’m back on a desktop - using one of those Ryzen 7 mini-PCs - and a 36-key GMK Cherry MX split keyboard that, stacked, is barely larger than the computer. I’m seriously considering getting a small Thunderbolt dock and just carrying that with me between work and wherever. The only annoying bit is the computer I have isn’t powered over the USB-C port, which means also carrying a power brick, and that’s the straw that keeps me synching data between my computer and laptop.

    I could move everything to a bootable USB device, but even over USB-C that’d be orders of magnitude slower than NVMe or SATA.

    The laptop is only two years older than the desktop (and maybe less than that since I didn’t buy the most current model), cost nearly 3x the PC, and is utterly blown out of the water by the specs on the micro(? 12.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm) PC. Yeah, the laptop has keyboard, pointer, battery, and monitor; that impacts size and cost, but still. I could almost use my PC in a coffee shop, if it weren’t for the power brick and the need to do something about a monitor.

    I have a foldable phone. Maybe by the time that display technology gets scaled up (and onto the market) there’ll be a micro PC that’s powered over USB-C and I can put together a small, laptop-sized case with everything I need.

    The Frameworks are looking good, though, now that they’re selling AMD models. I’ll have to check in, in a year or so.

    • Promethiel
      3•1 year ago

      I can’t get over it.

      You’re one neat backpack and a decent repurpose-able display tablet with a kickstand away from a dream nomad set up.

      How big is this power brick that it features so strongly in the ‘cons’ column!?

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
        3•1 year ago

        It’s not, really: 10x5x2.5 cm, plus the wall plug; but it’s still there, and it’s irritating because they could easily have powered this thing over USBC. Hell, most of my flashlights have USBC charging ports. It’s an additional thing to carry, and another thing to have to plug in. Plus, not being USBC makes it far harder to run off a battery pack.

        You’re right about the rest of it, though.

  • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    I have four laptops and two desktops… More or less.

    One laptop is an antique, I might break it out to play music while I cook, but it’s kind of useless for anything else at this point. One is a tablet, complete with a digital pen. I only bust it out to sign digital documents. My main personal laptop is an 11th gen framework. The last laptop in my collection is my work laptop. Technically not mine, but I’ll throw it in anyways.

    My work laptop 99% of the time is sitting on my desk, connected to a dock which is plugged into a KVM switch.

    My main desktop is also plugged into the same KVM.

    My laptop rarely moves. I like that about it.

    My framework is almost never on any kind of dock, or connected to any external display. I mainly use it on my lap around the house

    The other desktop is plugged into my TV to play video games.

    I mean, I have other computers, but those are the main ones.

    • Johanno
      12•1 year ago

      I mean I don’t want to talk negative about your hobbies, but you have a pc hoarding issue.

      I have one for myself, but not that bad yet.

      • Flying Squid
        5•1 year ago

        Back in the early 1990s, I would go to Goodwill and pick up whatever ancient computers and related machines that people had discarded there. I amassed quite a collection. But at some point, when you’re hauling a useless VT240 terminal home and you realize it’s just going to sit in the garage, you conclude that you’re really not doing a smart thing.

        I would say the person above should keep the ones they’re talking about and get rid of the “other computers” unless there’s a good reason to keep them.

  • @leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
    6•1 year ago

    That’s me!! Whenever I have that sucker at home from work the first thing I do is using my own peripherals. The difference is Day and Night!

  • @Matriks404@lemmy.world
    4•1 year ago

    I’ve done this before building a dssktop PC. Probably not a bad way to start if you’re planning to have a desktop anyway, but not have enough money to buy all things needed to buy one.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
    4•1 year ago

    When I need to do stupid tasks like timesheets and emails I unplug. The lack of screen space means I don’t get distracted.

    When I need to do hard work I dock my system and use my dual 4Ks to maximize visual bandwidth.

  • andrew_bidlaw
    3•1 year ago

    I used that when there were some games unsupported on my XP PC, but working on a shittier but light-weight W7 notebook. That was weird. I was worried it’d melt through my table.