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Yes, since I use it about 8 hours a day for a couple years, the cost per hour is pretty low and the better screen, keyboard and speed is worth it. However gett

Yes, since I use it about 8 hours a day for a couple years, the cost per hour is pretty low and the better screen, keyboard and speed is worth it. However getting accidental damage protection, like from Lenovo, does help the peace of mind.

lawn 5y ago
I'm still amazed that people prefer to work on a laptop over a desktop. I mean, I still use a laptop in the evenings, but for work a desktop is to me a must.
- dagw 5y ago
  As someone who shifts between 3 different desks (home, main office, project office) and sometimes as to go and see clients, having a laptop is pretty necessary. However once I plug my laptop into its docking station connected to my monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. I really don't notice much of a difference between a laptop and desktop. But I agree that working all day on a laptop in laptop mode is right out.
  - unionpivo 5y ago
    I have desktops at home and at office that i keep partially in sync (my home desktop is also for gaming (steam linux), no need for that in office). I have a laptop for those rare cases when I need to work where i am not at either of those locations. With so capable phones in pocket, I rarely find myself needing to pull out a laptop to the point that I don't think I'd buy replacement if this one broke. But to each his own.
- DeWilde 5y ago
  I use a desktop into which I SSH or RDP from my laptop. Giving my flexibility and performance. But I still have an extra monitor in my office and home which I almost always use.
- kitsunesoba 5y ago
  For my personal machine, I’m fine with a desktop because it’s unlikely I’ll need that power portably, and if I ever do I can set things up to remote into my personal desktop with my personal laptop. For my work machine, a laptop is preferred because then I can do my work anywhere without fuss even without an internet connection. Besides, with an M1 Pro, plugging my work laptop into the Thunderbolt hub at my desk provides a near-desktop experience for the overwhelming majority of its usage. For day to day work the difference between my M1 Pro laptop and 5950X desktop isn’t staggering enough to justify giving up portability.
- prmoustache 5y ago
  I think it depends what kind of work you do and if you travel a lot. Pre/post pandemia are also different for a lot of people. A lot of people are now working 100% at home in a dedicated office and could only use a desktop while they used to move from meeting to meeting with their laptop prior to the pandemic. Others were travelling a lot from conf to conf and customers. Some still do a lot of customers on site work. There are many use-cases. Anyway a laptop becomes a desktop by plugging it's usb-c port to your docking station so there is very little downside appart from being subject to throttling when doing heavy cpu stuff to using one instead of a desktop. Which not everybody is subject too, mostly only people compiling stuff on their laptop. I personnally spend most of my time in my office at home with dual screen but I like to move to the living room when attending conferences, in my rooftop when it is not to sunny or in the kitchen to have a chat with my gf while grabbing a tea when she is at home and I am waiting for a job/whatever to complete so a laptop is still nice to have even when working 100% from home.

lawn 5y ago

I'm still amazed that people prefer to work on a laptop over a desktop. I mean, I still use a laptop in the evenings, but for work a desktop is to me a must.

dagw 5y ago
As someone who shifts between 3 different desks (home, main office, project office) and sometimes as to go and see clients, having a laptop is pretty necessary. However once I plug my laptop into its docking station connected to my monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. I really don't notice much of a difference between a laptop and desktop. But I agree that working all day on a laptop in laptop mode is right out.
- unionpivo 5y ago
  I have desktops at home and at office that i keep partially in sync (my home desktop is also for gaming (steam linux), no need for that in office). I have a laptop for those rare cases when I need to work where i am not at either of those locations. With so capable phones in pocket, I rarely find myself needing to pull out a laptop to the point that I don't think I'd buy replacement if this one broke. But to each his own.
DeWilde 5y ago
I use a desktop into which I SSH or RDP from my laptop. Giving my flexibility and performance. But I still have an extra monitor in my office and home which I almost always use.
kitsunesoba 5y ago
For my personal machine, I’m fine with a desktop because it’s unlikely I’ll need that power portably, and if I ever do I can set things up to remote into my personal desktop with my personal laptop. For my work machine, a laptop is preferred because then I can do my work anywhere without fuss even without an internet connection. Besides, with an M1 Pro, plugging my work laptop into the Thunderbolt hub at my desk provides a near-desktop experience for the overwhelming majority of its usage. For day to day work the difference between my M1 Pro laptop and 5950X desktop isn’t staggering enough to justify giving up portability.
prmoustache 5y ago
I think it depends what kind of work you do and if you travel a lot. Pre/post pandemia are also different for a lot of people. A lot of people are now working 100% at home in a dedicated office and could only use a desktop while they used to move from meeting to meeting with their laptop prior to the pandemic. Others were travelling a lot from conf to conf and customers. Some still do a lot of customers on site work. There are many use-cases. Anyway a laptop becomes a desktop by plugging it's usb-c port to your docking station so there is very little downside appart from being subject to throttling when doing heavy cpu stuff to using one instead of a desktop. Which not everybody is subject too, mostly only people compiling stuff on their laptop. I personnally spend most of my time in my office at home with dual screen but I like to move to the living room when attending conferences, in my rooftop when it is not to sunny or in the kitchen to have a chat with my gf while grabbing a tea when she is at home and I am waiting for a job/whatever to complete so a laptop is still nice to have even when working 100% from home.