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I'm moreso curious if laptop functions have been offloaded to phones. If you have a full gaming desktop, do you see the use case for an additional laptop? or if most people here don't see the need for the increased processing power of a desktop, do you just use your laptop and a phone?

For myself, I mainly use my desktop, but I have a bunch of quite old laptops for tinkering.

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[โ€“] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I do have a backup laptop, which does come in handy for the rare case of, for example, making a new install.

But yeah, i feel like a laptop is an awkward middle ground between a phone and a desktop. It's not as powerful and has a small screen, but it's also not as portable as my phone.

Granted if i travelled more i would need a laptop, and then i would have a dock of some kind at home to extend its capabilities (USB hub, second monitor, etc)

[โ€“] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

laptop is just a more expensive desktop but it lets you do what you'd do on a desktop from the couch, bed, deck, coffee shop. it all depends on your habits.