• not the chosen one@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months 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?

  • QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee
    1·
    8 months 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@lemm.ee
      2·
      8 months 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.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
    1·
    8 months ago

    I literally rocked an old laptop for years like this, lol.

    Pros:

    • Comes with 2 screens by default

    Cons:

    • Overheating

    • Some models refuse to start if a faulty battery is detected, and some models will use battery even while plugged in, and worst of all some batteries are inside the laptop case which must be pried open for access

    • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      8 months ago

      And some models work without any battery at all, my dell XPS circa 2008. I am still amazed at that. It still runs too, I just retired it from server duty a few years ago once I got a dedicated server.

  • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Guilty of this. I’ve never used a track pad that didn’t feel like complete ass.

  • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    Haha that’s me but with my phone, as soon as I get to work I plug in my phone to a kvm that has a monitor keyboard and mouse, my phone has a desktop mode that I use on a second monitor while my main monitor is my work laptop.

    This way I can switch between my personal phone and work computer, on my phone I mostly just have chats open or I vpn to my home lab to fix issues with my media server or game servers, if things get a little too wild I jump into a VM so I have all my tools. I also use this to edit photos or other projects during my lunch and breaks.

    My work requires a lot of waiting for machined to reboot or go through tests so I like this setup that keeps my browsing on the guest network and non work device, and at the end of the day I just unplug one usb c and put my phone in my pocket so I don’t have to worry if I stop at a grocery store on the way home about carrying a bag with me everywhere with a laptop