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Re:I Am Seriously Considering Going Back to Desktop Computer... by ryneandal on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:21PM (#30909320)
I was right there with you until I started taking college courses again. With four kids, a wife, and a job, being able to knock out school work while talking to my wife or just spending quiet time near her has been a godsend.

This new laptop is the first one I've owned since going to school for my BS which I finished in 2012.

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Re:I Am Seriously Considering Going Back to Desktop Computer... by cmrdporcupine on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:29PM (#30909450)
Yeah I think it depends a lot on the nature of the work. Writing documents and researching? Sure. Writing code? No thanks.
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Re:I Am Seriously Considering Going Back to Desktop Computer... by ryneandal on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:58PM (#30909856)
To each their own, I don't entirely agree. Some times, being limited to a single screen makes me more productive, since I don't have Slack or a web browser open or in sight to distract me. Especially when working on Jupyter notebooks, where everything in in-line -- no real need to for addition screen real-estate.
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