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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by l30n4da5 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:59PM (#28305509)
the most I manage for machines right now is:

1 work-provided laptop

1 personal laptop

1 gaming desktop

1 backup laptop (old, like 10 years old)

1 closet server desktop (also old, but runs terraria servers just fine)

On my desk, I use 2 HDMI switches and a USB 3.0 switch to use the same peripherals and monitors for both my work laptop and gaming desktop. At the end of the day, I just hit the buttons on the switches to toggle to my desktop.

I have a USB-C dock that the work laptop plugs into. If i ever want to do work for my side project, I can unplug my work-provided laptop and plug in my personal laptop, and have the same setup as before -- just with a different machine.

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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by DenverCode on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:33PM (#28307349)
It's very interesting to read about other setups and how people use them. For me, it's simply a MBA and logitech mx master 3 mouse.
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Re:My MacBook Pro had over 10k USD in repairs by l30n4da5 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:34AM (#28368634)
I love /r/battlestations and /r/averagebattlestations for exactly that reason. Really cool to see what other people have for a setup.
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