My job gave us laptops and docks. At home or in the office, you use the dock and get your monitors and desk no problem. But can still use it as just the laptop if the need arises. Good middle ground.
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cRazi_man@europe.pub 6 days ago
Working on a laptop is a miserable experience and should not be done unless you absolutely have to work while traveling. If I’m anywhere near my office or home then I’ll just put off the work to get to a desk with decent ergonomics, mechanical keyboard, proper mouse, large screen… I refuse to make the many many compromises it takes to use a laptop.
Rolder@reddthat.com 6 days ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The laptop is for use when a proper computer isn’t available.
I recently installed a 49 inch screen, and using my laptop now feels even more like using a cell phone.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I used to have to wait till after hours to run backups and such on our servers and verify things, I wish I would have had a small laptop for that. Instead I used to drive half way home to a hole in the wall beer bar and sit down, and run them remotely from my phone. Pinching and zooming was a pain, but sitting in the office would have been wasteful, in 2-3 years of running them I only ever once thought I might have had to drive back to reboot something manually, then it came up before I finished my beer and was set for the day. That way I was already half way home, and didn’t have to sit by my lonesome being bored waiting
autriyo@feddit.org 5 days ago
Yeah but my proper desk at home has soo much more potential for distractions…
Actually getting stuff done is easier when I’m away from home on my laptop, but the ergonomics really suck.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This thread is getting more ridiculous by the minute. I’m working on laptops for ages now. Most apps are simply always full-screen, as they would be on any monitor below 30". I use a stand and an external keyboard at home, but nothing is keeping me from fiddling the keys on the laptop itself. My neck can thankfully swivel up and down.
Once upon a time, when I got sick of northern winter, I went to Egypt and worked from there for two weeks. Did some walking around during the day, coded in the hotel suite for a while. Then at 18 o’clock sharp the sun falls beyond the horizon, the tourists disappear from the beach, meanwhile I walk out and sit in a beach chair with my laptop, enjoying the fresh breeze. Had a great time.