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0 pointsacdha5y ago0 comments

Battery life is a proxy for somethings you do care about: how often does the fan come on and when does thermal throttling impact performance notably? If you don't travel, a desktop will cost less, last longer, and do more than a laptop — in part because the system won't be throttling. I spent about 20 years being laptop-only and went back to a desktop recently after realizing that it'd literally been years since I'd had any significant amount of on-the-go work which I couldn't do on my phone.

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samatman5y ago

I routinely travel!

From my desk, to my easy chair, to my bed, and back again.

Not hard on my battery (two of those have charge cables handy) but difficult to pull off with a desktop.

Now that you mention it, it's been more than a year since my laptop has left my home. Ouch.

acdhaOP5y ago

FWIW, I found that losing that tended to remove low-productivity time - I do work at my desk and call it a day, whereas it was a little too easy to be hunched on the couch surfing HN. If I really want to do something, walking over to the desktop only takes a few seconds.

Granted, becoming a parent also meant that things like watching a movie are “haha, I’m going to sleep” now, too.

samatman5y ago

Not me, I get a lot of work done in bed, probably more than half. The easy chair is not a productive setting, I grant you. Lately I prefer to pick up the kindle or tablet for a short break from the desk, and this is probably more conducive to work than switching from "getting things done" to "browsing HN/Twitter" on the same machine.

I use a sit/stand desk but barely ever sit at it, so fifteen minutes of down time here and there helps.

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samatman5y ago

I routinely travel!

From my desk, to my easy chair, to my bed, and back again.

Not hard on my battery (two of those have charge cables handy) but difficult to pull off with a desktop.

Now that you mention it, it's been more than a year since my laptop has left my home. Ouch.

acdhaOP5y ago

Granted, becoming a parent also meant that things like watching a movie are “haha, I’m going to sleep” now, too.

samatman5y ago

I use a sit/stand desk but barely ever sit at it, so fifteen minutes of down time here and there helps.

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