3 ms·

> The thing is, the laptop is just a bad format period. Ideally you don't want to be looking just above where you type: good ergonomics requires distance betwee

> The thing is, the laptop is just a bad format period. Ideally you don't want to be looking just above where you type: good ergonomics requires distance between those two. An elevated tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard is a far far better option. I bring a laptop to the office, put it on a stand, plug two external screens and a USB-C hub with a keyboard and mouse. But I can also use it on a train, at an airport, on a ferry without all that extra gear. In the latter configuration the distance from where I type to where I look is bigger than on your default iPad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I do also like my 64GB RAM, 1TB drive, and 12 cores. The laptop is a perfect form for me. I'm sorry it doesn't work for you. The only thing for me "ideally" would be to be able to plug two more screens in (so... it's time to upgrade to an m4 max...)

jauntywundrkind 2y ago
I also bring a (Linux running x86) tablet with me everywhere. Its fantastically light and I can plug it in to two displays. It has a very lightweight keyboard folio. More typically, i leave that at home & bring a small light clamp-mount arm that lets me easily mount it to whatever is nearby, tables or desks chairs or whatever. And use the very nice ThinkPad TrackPoint Bluetooth keyboard. I have strictly more flexibility. And given that Mac has the same chips in both iPad and MacBook Air and Pro, it feels again like the distinction here is mostly arbitrary segmentation, not real. With ultra high end Asus Flow Z13 tablets rocking Strix Halo APUs, there's also proof that tablets can be incredibly power dense, if they want to be. The laptop is a constrained design. That constraint is not a feature. You can do the same thing without that constraint. Just not on Apple.
- rad_gruchalski 2y ago
  I’m not competing with you here. I simply said that your “ideally” isn’t someone else’s “ideally”.
  - jauntywundrkind 2y ago
    I think you've failed to substantiate why the laptop is an acceptable form factor, given that there are more flexible options that have none of the downsides.

jauntywundrkind 2y ago

I also bring a (Linux running x86) tablet with me everywhere. Its fantastically light and I can plug it in to two displays. It has a very lightweight keyboard folio. More typically, i leave that at home & bring a small light clamp-mount arm that lets me easily mount it to whatever is nearby, tables or desks chairs or whatever. And use the very nice ThinkPad TrackPoint Bluetooth keyboard. I have strictly more flexibility. And given that Mac has the same chips in both iPad and MacBook Air and Pro, it feels again like the distinction here is mostly arbitrary segmentation, not real. With ultra high end Asus Flow Z13 tablets rocking Strix Halo APUs, there's also proof that tablets can be incredibly power dense, if they want to be. The laptop is a constrained design. That constraint is not a feature. You can do the same thing without that constraint. Just not on Apple.

rad_gruchalski 2y ago
I’m not competing with you here. I simply said that your “ideally” isn’t someone else’s “ideally”.
- jauntywundrkind 2y ago
  I think you've failed to substantiate why the laptop is an acceptable form factor, given that there are more flexible options that have none of the downsides.