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My dreams are simple. I want to be able to put movies and TV shows on a thumb drive, and put that in a TV and play it. I want to not have to buy a new computer
by idlewords 10y ago
My dreams are simple. I want to be able to put movies and TV shows on a thumb drive, and put that in a TV and play it.
I want to not have to buy a new computer because I tripped over a power cable.
I want to be able to type for more than a few minutes without my hands hurting.
I believe I share these dreams with a lot of people who aren't developers.
- baddox 10y agoIt sounds like a very cheap laptop would work great for those requirements. Perhaps a used older generation MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.
- idlewords 10y agoYeah, and depending on how the keyboard feels on this new beast, I might just stick with the old MBP. But the thing is, it would be really cool to enjoy the technical improvements without giving up the basics. I played with a MacBook a few weeks ago, and the picture and built-in speakers were sensational. It was an amazing piece of engineering. And I had to return it because in their obsession with thinness, Apple had made it impossible for my gorilla hands to type on. It would be nice to get a work laptop that had those strict improvements in it too, without having to sacrifice so much usability. That used to be the MBP upgrade experience. Once in a while you had to mourn something useful—the loss of an ethernet jack, for example. But mostly you got a lighter, faster machine with a better screen and battery life. This upgrade is far more drastic and the first time the trade-off doesn't seem worthwhile. It's like design puritans took over the company.
- mal808 10y agoYou should check out the dell percision series. http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m5510-workstation/pd?ref=PD_OC http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m5510-workstatio...