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you can always bring a portable screen/keyboard with you
by ranger_danger 1y ago
you can always bring a portable screen/keyboard with you
- happyopossum 1y agoI've yet to find a portable screen and keyboard that can even remotely compare in display quality or battery life to a MacBook Air, and the 'portable' combination is usually heavier and always clunkier to set up.
- shortrounddev2 1y agoIf I'm doing that, why wouldn't I just bring my laptop
- fsflover 1y agoSingle place for all your data, easier to manage and back up. Single device to take with you.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoI don't personally think there's any ease of management advantage to be gained, but that depends on whether one wants their phone to have the data that's on their computer. I don't, personally. But I think there's definitely no advantage from a "single device" when you have to take something just as big as taking a laptop anyway.
- shortrounddev2 1y agoI'm not trying to shit on this as a neat tool, but my phone is not the single place for all my data, and I find it considerably harder to manage. If I'm bringing my phone, an external keyboard, and a portable screen (and, presumably, a mouse) with me, it's not really a "single device", it's more like 4 devices that poorly imitate a laptop and don't offer as much functionality
- fuzzfactor 1y agoPlus, when far from a homebase, some people are going to bring two laptops anyway so they can have twice the reliability of your average person. Don't ask me how I know . . .
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- WorldPeas 1y agoI've comfortably used a 7 inch tablet as a pocketable phone, such a thing with a keyboard would likely be a "complete" solution