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If I understand correctly, your argument is laptops are better because they can do everything a desktop can and can be mobile? I can't follow this at all. Mobi
by rendaw 5y ago
If I understand correctly, your argument is laptops are better because they can do everything a desktop can and can be mobile? I can't follow this at all.
Mobility is a negative: so now your company can ask you to carry your laptop with you when you're on holiday, or ask you to complete work at the airport when traveling to the Denver office. And I feel like you missed GPs point about ergonomics -- you won't get any of that when moving. If you feel like mobile is a benefit WRT ergonomics you simply don't care about ergonomics.
The laptop form factor takes up extra desk space, and laptops are sill significantly more expensive for similar desktop performance.
- manuelmoreale 5y agoOr maybe his work/life situation is different than you imagine? I’ve been working as a solo freelancer for the past 10 years and for the majority of that time I used a laptop connected to external monitor as my primary machine. You get all the benefits of a desktop environment plus the convenience of being able to work remotely and carry your machine with you when needed. I don’t have a company telling me to work from an airport. And as for ergonomics, you don’t get those with a desktop machine either when moving so I don’t see what different does that make. A laptop offers you options. That’s why for some people is appealing.