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Re:Ask HN: X1 Carbon or MacBook Pro? by bsenftner on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:57PM (#17322495)
You say you prefer a terminal; from your additional interests sounds like you're on the wrong type of hardware. Now, bare with me for a moment, as we are currently seeing some pretty significantly low prices for people like us. I work remotely, and have a nice workstation in my home office. I've found it really easy to have a keyboard, mouse & monitor at my frequent destinations, and I just carry an Intel Compute Stick in my pocket.

1920x1080 monitors are being pushed out, and are available for $70-$120. Add a keyboard and mouse for an additional $20.

The Compute Sticks start at $99, and are perfectly able to drive a 4K monitor if need be, surf fine, Teamviewer/Remote Desktop into my real workstation. If I have actual work at my remote, I can take a Nuc, a $350 4"x2" box, that runs complete development suites, and any OS ya want.

For the expense of either of your options above, you could have 3 monitor/muse/key setups, a Compute Stick & and more than one Nuc.

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Re:Ask HN: X1 Carbon or MacBook Pro? by jason_slack on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:31PM (#17322783)
Interesting approach. I try and travel around a lot to work in a new place. Perhaps if I was more stationary this would be good. The idea sounds like it could work for me.
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Re:Ask HN: X1 Carbon or MacBook Pro? by xamarinthrw on Saturday June 16, 2018 @05:49AM (#17326764)
Can you recommend some good monitors?
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Re:Ask HN: X1 Carbon or MacBook Pro? by bsenftner on Saturday June 16, 2018 @09:09AM (#17327248)
Well, at my local Fry's they have 5 different 22" 1920x1080 monitors for $99. I seem to have a wealth of monitors, as I keep my eye on clearance events, and have managed to pick up four 4K monitors over the last year, each for a price between $199 and $230. They are Samsung and LG branded and work fine. Note - I code, lots of graphics, but I don't game. So issues such as refresh rate I ignore.
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