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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

how about...

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..some wheels

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

You have no idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Useless? That’s a necessity for using your router console port!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I have to imagine there's an option that weighs less than a large concrete block.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I feel bad for a drawing of a laptop with a face

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

I want to add an extra panel where the laptop gets connected to AC power as well, and powers up like Popeye eating spinach.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

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