
On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM Howard Gibson via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:15:45 -0400 William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I use laptop for work, and I hate it. I end up adding mouse, monitor, and keyboard (because one key on laptop is broken, and it will cost $500 to replace the whole one-piece keyboard). With this hybrid work schedule, I have to carry it back and forth, along with its power supplies, headset, mouse, etc.
I miss the old days. All your stuffs are at office, and you just show up with lunchbox.
William,
No problems with work laptops here. I am a touch typist and I find the Lenovo keyboard adequate at worst. At home as well as at work, I prefer to plug into an extra monitor. My only problem with it is that it runs Windows.
I am typing this on my personal Lenovo laptop running GNU/Linux. For anything other than a desktop, I find that mice are inferiour to trackballs. I strongly prefer mice for mechanical CAD. In coffeeshops, in bars, and on the arms of my front porch muskoka chairs, trackballs do not need table space.
You're doing CAD on a laptop - - - that to me sounds really really NOT fun! (Why?) Regards