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I don't see the use case of modern laptops. Phone has been better for media consumption for quite some time, due to a combination of power efficient chips and

I don't see the use case of modern laptops. Phone has been better for media consumption for quite some time, due to a combination of power efficient chips and cellular connectivity. Laptops are pretty much good only as mobile work machines, and you don't need much hardware to run VSCode. Ive also never needed long battery life, as places where Im actually able to sit and do work for extended periods, usually have some power outlet. Mobile charging bricks are also super cheap. My go to is buy a $200 used/refurbished laptop with like 8gb of ram, throw in a SSD if it doesn't have one, install bunsenlabs linux.

hello_moto 3y ago
This. I bought a bunch of refurbished T480 for $200 bucks and it comes with 8GB of RAM + 256SSD. Perfectly works for each member of my family. I might buy one too myself once my current macbook pro (2009) died.
wink 3y ago
Now that's something I kinda disagree on because I think this has much more to do with personal preference than with either tech being outdated. There's basically zero reason for me to use a phone at home for anything longer than 5 minutes. The screen is tiny (and I can read small stuff perfectly fine), it doesn't stand on its own, I could be interrupted by notifications (yes, you can fiddle that you hear the sound you want and not the notifications, but I liberally mute and unmute everything because I don't use it to consume). I also hate to type even longer texts to people. I'm also not going for new laptops, but I disagree in spirit because my T460p has negligible differences in computing power to a "modern" modern one, unless I'm compiling something it works as if it was from 2023. There's just nothing outdated about a laptop running a modern OS.
- ActorNightly 3y ago
  >The screen is tiny I mean, I used to watch stuff on a big TV before switching over to watching stuff on laptop or tablet. So its just a matter of getting used to it. Now we have folding phones that are the best of both worlds.

hello_moto 3y ago

This. I bought a bunch of refurbished T480 for $200 bucks and it comes with 8GB of RAM + 256SSD. Perfectly works for each member of my family. I might buy one too myself once my current macbook pro (2009) died.

wink 3y ago

Now that's something I kinda disagree on because I think this has much more to do with personal preference than with either tech being outdated. There's basically zero reason for me to use a phone at home for anything longer than 5 minutes. The screen is tiny (and I can read small stuff perfectly fine), it doesn't stand on its own, I could be interrupted by notifications (yes, you can fiddle that you hear the sound you want and not the notifications, but I liberally mute and unmute everything because I don't use it to consume). I also hate to type even longer texts to people. I'm also not going for new laptops, but I disagree in spirit because my T460p has negligible differences in computing power to a "modern" modern one, unless I'm compiling something it works as if it was from 2023. There's just nothing outdated about a laptop running a modern OS.

ActorNightly 3y ago
>The screen is tiny I mean, I used to watch stuff on a big TV before switching over to watching stuff on laptop or tablet. So its just a matter of getting used to it. Now we have folding phones that are the best of both worlds.