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There was an article on HN a while ago, describing how a developer traded his laptop for a tablet and a Linode box. He'd ssh into the box and work there. I thou
by tsahyt 14y ago
There was an article on HN a while ago, describing how a developer traded his laptop for a tablet and a Linode box. He'd ssh into the box and work there. I thought it was really elegant and thought about trying something similar.
However, I figured that a tablet + a keyboard is effectively a laptop with a good-looking UI and less features. The only real advantage I can think of now is better battery life and the fact that a tablet is usually cheaper to buy.
- rahoulb 14y agoI was inspired by the same guy and use an iPad with the Logitech ultra-thin keyboard (with a Linux desktop at home). The advantages, for me, are: * battery life * in-built 3G * the fact that iOS is almost single-tasking means I get distracted significantly less often * when I do stop typing, I pick the tablet up and move around; on a "computer" I tend to stay in the same position, even when not working The major disadvantages: * not much good when doing web-UI work (task switching, no web-inspector) * iOS really needs the "open in" button available everywhere, or something like Android intents/OSX Services/Windows 8 contracts. [edited for formatting]