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> If you do graphical or audiovisual work, it’s more complicated, because in that case, you’re probably an Apple user and unwilling to listen. Well that’s too
by mlacks 6y ago
> If you do graphical or audiovisual work, it’s more complicated, because in that case, you’re probably an Apple user and unwilling to listen.
Well that’s too bad. Sounds like the author just didn’t have the experience or energy to give advice to windows/ Linux users like myself that do audio/ graphical work. I was really interested in seeing what he had to offer.
I personally use an NEC Lavie Hybrid Zero to make my YouTube and Instagram content for my real estate practice. I’ve resigned to stating away from 4K as the render times on an i5 with integrated graphics are just too long for the marginal quality bump from 1089p. Most of my audience seems to be watching on their smartphone anyway, so 4K doesn’t matter to me.
This opens up lots of older laptops for the apps that I use (Davinci Resolve, GIMP, any office suite), but I want to be future proof enough to be able to do 4K when it becomes the norm. For me this means a thunderbolt port so I can use an external GPU.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoI only use OSS for my entire workflow. KDENLive is the best video editor imo but OSS video editors are still pretty bad. Shortcut is stable but it's basically iMovie circa 2011. Audacity is great. No qualms there. Krita is the king of photoshop clones. Makes gimp look like garbage.
- im_down_w_otp 6y agoI struggle with Krita sometimes, but I think that's because I keep trying to use it like a Photoshop clone. Recently I've started treating it like a Painter clone in terms of my usage patterns and mindset when creating/editing things, and that seems to have resolved most of my issues & annoyances. Well, other than still not really having much in the way of a useful Photoshop clone, but I just run it in a VM these days, and that seems to work well enough. Krita is an incredible piece of software.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoIt boggles my mind to this day that Krita even exists and nobody has even heard of it. It's a phenomenal piece of software and the devs should be commended for it.
- tempodox 6y agoShortcut It's named “shotcut”, without the “r”.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoYeah that was most likely autocorrect.
- Igelau 6y agoAh, thanks. That spares me from attempting to read past that awful "power level as backdrop" trick. Maybe it looks okay on desktop, but on low-tier mobile it's unbearable.
- fy20 6y agoThe same article is available on a fossil fuel powered server too, no annoying backdrops: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stoppe...