Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers
by greyhair on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:41AM
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Best of both worlds.
My laptop only runs Office 365 for email, calendar, and the occasional word doc. It also runs Slack and a browser for zoom meetings as access to Jira/Bugzilla web interface.
Oh, and RDP into XFCE on Ubuntu on the desktop that runs as a server.
Plus the server is cabled up to development platforms (serial ports, remote power, GPIO, JTAG, USB). So it cannot move, and even if it were a laptop, it could not move.
I don't require the laptop to be upgradeable or powerful, it is just the UI into the rest of the system.
It currently sits here with the lid closed cabled to a 27 inch display.
My laptop only runs Office 365 for email, calendar, and the occasional word doc. It also runs Slack and a browser for zoom meetings as access to Jira/Bugzilla web interface.
Oh, and RDP into XFCE on Ubuntu on the desktop that runs as a server.
Plus the server is cabled up to development platforms (serial ports, remote power, GPIO, JTAG, USB). So it cannot move, and even if it were a laptop, it could not move.
I don't require the laptop to be upgradeable or powerful, it is just the UI into the rest of the system.
It currently sits here with the lid closed cabled to a 27 inch display.