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[–] 63 points 7 months ago (39 children)

Being on your laptop outside is a miserable experience

ftfy

As a lifelong desktop PC user, laptops just feel claustrophobic 😅 Especially sucks without a mouse, fuck the trackpad.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    I think it's an excellent compromise for being a portable PC. If I'm going to university, to a study space or a lecture, a laptop is freaking fantastic.

    Also all laptops universally have one killer feature that nearly no desktop PC has: a built-in UPS. If power goes out, the laptop just keeps chugging along on battery power, giving you an extra few hours of work.

    It's not my workstation of choice by any means, but I wouldn't call it miserable. It's fine.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (17 children)

    Bro, people today prefer trackpad. Its fucking mindblowing. Ive met several IRL people that love trackpads and don't own a mouse.

    I almost guarantee I'm 10x faster at anything on a PC than them

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I have fond memories of my Macbook Pro's touchpad. That was over a decade ago, I still haven't found a comparable experience.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    I prefer a trackpad while I work, and the reason is simple: Much less movement to switch from trackpad to keyboard than from mouse to keyboard. And much easier to land on the key you want without looking.

    And I very much doubt you'd be faster than me with a mouse!

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Trackpads give me handcramps very fast. Also if Trackpads were faster, gamers would use them.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    A gamer does not need to switch from the mouse to the keyboard repeatedly. Plus, a gamer cares about precision, which obviously a trackpad lacks.

    "Faster" standalone means nothing. Can you move the pointer faster with a mouse? Of course. But I don't see most people flicking on their workstation.

    In the context of this thread, "faster" refers to completing your tasks faster. And for that a trackpad beats a mouse if your job requires you to type a lot.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    The point of trackpads (and even more so of trackpoints) is that they're faster to get to from typing position - you move your hand back a bit (or even just the index finger) instead of moving across the whole keyboard. That's not something that would go high on the checklist when gaming - it's usually one hand planted on WASD, the other on the mouse and hardly any going back and forth.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I've stopped caring about being fast. In fact I'm certain my current setup is slower, more comfortable, and funner than any I've enjoyed before.

    If you feel good and you're enjoying your setup then that's what matters.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I don't own a mouse. I like the trackpad because I'm left handed and a mouse always felt weird to me left handed because schools in the 90s forced me to use it right handed.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    So, uhh, are you good and comfortable at using the mouse with your right hand? If so you have no reason to use your left. I have a left-handed friend who has always exclusivity used his right for the mouse. Ain't no law saying your mouse hand must be your writing hand. Not to mention the benefits: it's the default setting on any system, and there are lots of great quality asymmetric mouses that only fit the right hand.

    I'm not trying to change you, by all means if you like the trackpad more power to you. Just curious why you'd try to mouse with your left if you've already learned to use it with your right.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I work on industrial production lines. I've gotten used enough to laptops that I don't mind too much.

    Work from home on my 34" curved screen + 27" flat is amazing tho.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I use a tiling window manager and copious number of workspaces. It helps with the feeling of claustrophobia if anything can be easily full-screened and swapped around easily.

    A 64" monitor with floating windows now feels clunky to me compared to a 15" screen with tiling set up like I like it

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Amazingly, there is this nifty thing called a “port” that allows a mouse to be plugged into a laptop. It is pretty incredible technology. /s

    Yes, I meant that it's even worse when there's no mouse plugged in, but I guess my phrasing wasn't clear :)

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Well, these guys aren't working, as far as I'm concerned, if they can do it without bringing out a mouse and real keyboard and probably a second monitor. (My laptop bag is pretty heavy.) They can at best be checking emails.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Agreed.

    If you can do your work on a 13" laptop with no mouse or external monitor without your productivity dropping off a cliff, you were never productive to begin with.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I disagree on the external monitor, not everyone need one or they are just used to using it, also how the OS is scaled matter too

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah, tbh I'm fine working as a graphic designer on my single 24-inch screen, not sure what I'd put on another one.

    Though I imagine it might be useful when gaming to put a guide or spreadsheet on a smaller, vertical screen.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I do most things on my laptop mouseless, or that is, trackpadless. It's the best feeling ever. I seriously recommend it to anyone.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I have a monstrous satellite l300 i use for light spec work and arduino programming. 17" screen. It does not feel claustrophobic in the slightest, unlike my latest gen dell work machine with a screen smaller than my first fucking 486 i need glasses to even see. where did we go so wrong.

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