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1. pjmlp+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-05-14 11:39:49
I know many people where that is exactly the case, not everyone is doing spreadsheets or coding.

Also I haven't owned a desktop since 2003, and my last one at work was in 2006, although we may debate laptops with docking station are also desktops.

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2. gwbas1+so[view] [source] 2025-05-14 14:13:51
>>pjmlp+(OP)
In software development, "desktop" is synonymous with laptop.
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3. bluGil+LM[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-05-14 16:17:39
>>gwbas1+so
Laptops + docking stations are usually just as fast as a desktop. You can buy $10,000 desktops that are much faster (50+ cores, and a lot of RAM), but most developers don't find them enough faster to be worth it. (in my benchmarks rebuilds with 40 cores finished faster than rebuilds using all 50, for a 10+million line C++ project) It is easier to have everything locally where you are. If like many of us you sometimes work from home remote into a different machine is always a bit painful.
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4. pjmlp+7R[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-05-14 16:39:46
>>gwbas1+so
Exactly, and that also makes Surface like devices good enough way to code on the go.
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