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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by chrisseaton on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:40AM (#18167276)
I did my entire PhD and five years of a career without using a desktop computer whatsoever, using a laptop instead, so this isn't true is it.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by thrower123 on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:51AM (#18167406)
Well yeah, sure. Laptops and desktops are largely convergent. Smartphones and most tablets are considerably more gimped.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by maxxxxx on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:10AM (#18167565)
In this context a laptop and desktop are the same.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by commandlinefan on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:35AM (#18167813)
I think he meant instead of an ipad.
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by Double_a_92 on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:43AM (#18167895)
I counted laptops as desktops here...
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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by chrisseaton on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:00AM (#18168053)
Well ok then how about running MATLAB on your iPad - you could do a lot of productive work using just that.

https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-mobile.html

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Re:Teaching CS in the schools by AlexeyBrin on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:15AM (#18168185)
How many children have the money to buy a Matlab license ?
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