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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by mh- on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:55PM (#23126299)
The kind that requires you to collaborate on Slack.
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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by OJFord on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:59PM (#23126336)
I certainly won't defend Slack's RAM usage, but assuming only people doing certain sorts of work use it - or rather work at a company that uses it - is just ill-informed.
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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by saagarjha on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:11PM (#23126461)
Slack works fairly well in the browser, if you have one that’s not a resource hog.
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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by Wowfunhappy on Saturday May 09, 2020 @05:41PM (#23128531)
It does until you need to do video calls. Then it tells you to either download Chrome or download the Slack app aka Chrome. :(
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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by saagarjha on Saturday May 09, 2020 @05:44PM (#23128547)
People actually use Slack for calling? Color me surprised…
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