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If all you want to do is remote into your desktop, Neo seems like overkill. Why not just get a $200 Chromebook and save yourself $500?
by jgwil2 1mo ago
If all you want to do is remote into your desktop, Neo seems like overkill. Why not just get a $200 Chromebook and save yourself $500?
- rjrjrjrj 1mo agoBecause the screen, keyboard, and especially trackpad on a $200 Chromebook sucks?
- bredren 1mo agoAlso: the enclosure, and the hinges.
- frollogaston 1mo agoAlso it'll be truly too slow. You need to at least be able to access a shared document while a video call is going. The funniest recurring thing when working at Google was new hires getting baited into taking a Chromebook, then not being able to switch to a Mac for like 2 years. Our team made sure new people didn't fall for that.
- ahknight 1mo agoBecause who hates themselves that much? It's the thing I touch and interact with. That's exactly the part that needs to be sturdy, smooth, and pretty. It's the facade to the beast at the other end.
- PennRobotics 1mo agoThis comment got me curious, so I searched for cheap laptops with mobile internet. There's at least one LTE Chromebook now for about 300 euros. This might be my next laptop if it can run Tailscale and remote desktop.
- olyjohn 1mo agoAlso remoting into a Mac sucks on anything that isn't a Mac. It runs like shit when using any VNC client that isn't Apple's.