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A laptop is not a workstation.

romanoderoma 6y ago
I work with a Lenovo P70 with 64GB of RAM, a quadro M3000 GPU and a 4K monitor plus 2 external monitor ports (HDMI and display port) I did not choose it, they gave it to me at work, but it's definitely a workstation It's not a lightweight laptop, but it's a laptop nonetheless
- theshrike79 6y ago
  "Mobile workstation" needs to be an official category. You know. The "laptops" that work about 1 hour, maybe 2 on battery power and require a power brick the size of a VHS cassette to operate.
  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    Ah but according to the Official Category Consortium you’ve just eliminated several products[1] which would presumably be included if the “mobile workstation” moniker was designated based on workload capabilities. [1]: including the 16” MBP, but certainly not limited to it
  - romanoderoma 6y ago
    Laptop used to be a form factor (it fits on your lap) while very light, very small laptops, were in the notebook and subnotebook (or ultra portable) category. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook P.s. in Italian they are usually referred to as "portatili" (portable) from the 80s portable computers, even though they were not laptops
    - wtallis 6y ago
      I usually think of "subnotebook" as implying the keyboard is undersized; a thin and light machine that is still wide enough for a standard keyboard layout is something else. I think we should bring back the term "luggable" for those mobile workstations and gaming notebooks that are hot, heavy, have 2hr or less of battery life.
borski 6y ago
Some laptops are workstations. This is not one.
drdaeman 6y ago
Docked laptop is. With a benefit that if you want to work on the road you can take it without having to think about replicating your setup and copying data over.
devwastaken 6y ago
Then what is a macbook for? Expensive web browsing? I've been told for a long time that macbooks are for work. Programmers all over use them, surely. Suddenly now none of that applies? To get proper performance you have to buy the mac desktop for triple the price?

I work with a Lenovo P70 with 64GB of RAM, a quadro M3000 GPU and a 4K monitor plus 2 external monitor ports (HDMI and display port) I did not choose it, they gave it to me at work, but it's definitely a workstation It's not a lightweight laptop, but it's a laptop nonetheless

theshrike79 6y ago
"Mobile workstation" needs to be an official category. You know. The "laptops" that work about 1 hour, maybe 2 on battery power and require a power brick the size of a VHS cassette to operate.
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  Ah but according to the Official Category Consortium you’ve just eliminated several products[1] which would presumably be included if the “mobile workstation” moniker was designated based on workload capabilities. [1]: including the 16” MBP, but certainly not limited to it
- romanoderoma 6y ago
  Laptop used to be a form factor (it fits on your lap) while very light, very small laptops, were in the notebook and subnotebook (or ultra portable) category. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook P.s. in Italian they are usually referred to as "portatili" (portable) from the 80s portable computers, even though they were not laptops
  - wtallis 6y ago
    I usually think of "subnotebook" as implying the keyboard is undersized; a thin and light machine that is still wide enough for a standard keyboard layout is something else. I think we should bring back the term "luggable" for those mobile workstations and gaming notebooks that are hot, heavy, have 2hr or less of battery life.

borski 6y ago

Some laptops are workstations. This is not one.

drdaeman 6y ago

Docked laptop is. With a benefit that if you want to work on the road you can take it without having to think about replicating your setup and copying data over.

devwastaken 6y ago

Then what is a macbook for? Expensive web browsing? I've been told for a long time that macbooks are for work. Programmers all over use them, surely. Suddenly now none of that applies? To get proper performance you have to buy the mac desktop for triple the price?