It's infuriating how fast we went from "if you have a computer because you can afford one at all" to "if you have a computer because you even bother to use one in the age of smartphones"
Laptop keyboards are, as someone said, like running barefoot on cement: you can do it for short periods, but if you do it for a long time you start feeling the effects. I need to use a full width keyboard to be confortable programming. And not any full width keyboard; I need the ones where the keys are sculpted and their curvature varies (like the inside of a sphere) depending of the position of the keyboard. That way I can have a good feedback of the position of my fingers, again, without needing to watch the keyboard. If I'm going to connect a full keyboard to a laptop, I may well get a full desktop computer.
Why a desktop:
if something craps out, is easier to change individual components in a desktop.
my current desk is overcrowded and also is not designed to house a laptop and an additional monitor
I despise using laptops for gaming and for anything that doesn't require mobility. My serious computing is static, not mobile. My work provides me a laptop, but I can easily work from home, and also they don't provide desktops. For my own machine, my choice is desktop, period.
11 Comments
Blaze@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 2y
Not an Android, but calibre is a good solution if you have a computer at hand
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info · 10 pts · 2y
It's infuriating how fast we went from "if you have a computer because you can afford one at all" to "if you have a computer because you even bother to use one in the age of smartphones"
Blaze@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y
I see where you come from, but mobile phones are much better devices than computers for most of the people:
On Lemmy most of the people are desktop enthusiasts running Linux, but it makes sense that other people moved on
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 9 pts · 2y
Moving on doesn't make sense to me. Just use both.
glimse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
After my sister's college laptop died, she only had a phone for over a decade and got by just fine.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 3 pts · 2y
I work in IT and I enjoy programming. No way I can live without a computer (a desktop computer, in particular).
MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
I get the computer part but why a desktop in particular? Especially for programming it shouldn't make a difference.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 3 pts · 2y
You obviously are not a touch typist. I am.
Laptop keyboards are, as someone said, like running barefoot on cement: you can do it for short periods, but if you do it for a long time you start feeling the effects. I need to use a full width keyboard to be confortable programming. And not any full width keyboard; I need the ones where the keys are sculpted and their curvature varies (like the inside of a sphere) depending of the position of the keyboard. That way I can have a good feedback of the position of my fingers, again, without needing to watch the keyboard. If I'm going to connect a full keyboard to a laptop, I may well get a full desktop computer.
Why a desktop:
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Alien_Mortice@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Try this: To ePub