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People keep saying "to compete with Apple" which of course, is nonsense. Apple isn't even second or third place in laptop marketshare last I checked. So why bu
by jchw 2y ago
People keep saying "to compete with Apple" which of course, is nonsense. Apple isn't even second or third place in laptop marketshare last I checked.
So why build powerful laptops? Simple: people want powerful laptops. Remoting to a desktop isn't really a slam dunk experience, so having sufficient local firepower to do real work is a selling point. I do work on both a desktop and a laptop and it's nice being able to bring a portable workstation wherever I might need it, or just around the house.
- dietr1ch 2y agoThis is a really good point. It's not easy to use both a laptop and a desktop at the same time. There's challenges around locality, latency, limited throughput, unavailability that software can't easily deal with, so you need to be aware and smart about it, and you'll need to compromise on things. I'd work from my workstation at all times if I could. Tramp is alright, but not too fast and fundamentally can't make things transparent.