> Oppressive vendor practices aside, I just don't get the laptop fixation some people have, in general. Different people have different perspectives born from

> Oppressive vendor practices aside, I just don't get the laptop fixation some people have, in general. Different people have different perspectives born from different priorities, life experiences, and constraints. > I find it extremely hard to be productive on a laptop; the form factor is entirely wrong for concentration. Small screen, mushy crappy keyboard with a bad layout, etc. I prefer laptop keyboards to the extent that I've used them on desktop based machines for easily ten years. Same thing with touchpads. They work better for me, both in terms to typing accuracy and reduced hand pain. Regarding the screen, it's a bit of a tradeoff. More screen space means more screen space to manage. (I recently went from three screens to two and don't miss the third screen at all.) The counterpoint is that I find it hugely valuable to be able to move my computer around. I've had a few desktops over the last ten or fifteen years and the common element between them is that they're very difficult for me to fit into a longer term workflow and so never get used. > But the worst thing about a laptop was while I was working from home there was just always the temptation to sluff off to a couch or bed and zone out. That's less an issue with the hardware and more an issue with the habits formed around the hardware.