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I'm a software engineer, and I'm sure there are many other professions which, like my own, require powerful machines and lots of screen space. I run two 24" mon
by markbnj 11y ago
I'm a software engineer, and I'm sure there are many other professions which, like my own, require powerful machines and lots of screen space. I run two 24" monitors and would love to have a third. I could see myself with a powerful laptop if I was able to come home and dock it to my monitors, keyboard, and mouse.
I'm sure that's possible for most systems now if you jump through the hoops, but I haven't had a strong motivation since it has gotten cheaper and cheaper to keep stuffing upgraded components into my ten year-old Coolermaster case.
For most people, I think it will continue to move in the direction of laptops + possibly external monitor for work, phones/tablets for play.
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- jseliger 11y agoI'm not a software engineer but I do think the "Death of the desktop" is an overrated story (http://jakeseliger.com/2011/10/09/desktop-pcs-arent-going-anywhere-despite-the-growth-of-phones-and-tablets-because-theyre-cheap/ http://jakeseliger.com/2011/10/09/desktop-pcs-arent-going-an...). Desktops remain useful for the usual reasons (screen size, cost-per-factor x, etc.). I'm also struck by how many people tend to use laptops on the same desk at the same time most of the time.
- wslh 11y agoI suffered that issue, trying to connect a third monitor was not possible. I just bought an PE4H to use an eGPU and see if I can build that configuration. But beyond that, the main issue is how you can better integrate the desktop with the notebook without synchronizing files in both places all the time.