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by enjeyw
453 days ago
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I suspect a lot of professionals that need decent compute find desktop PCs to sit in something of a no-man’s-land these days. Personally I find my MacBook Pro plenty powerful for most day to day activities, including testing out ideas. The kicker is that when I need real compute, a desktop that’s maybe 3-5x faster pales in comparison to jumping onto a hosted GPU cluster. It also ends up cheaper because I’m not paying for a chunky GPU that’s sitting idle on my desk half the time. From limited conversation with people in other industries, their experience is similar. |
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You have to look at Windows laptops and it’s pretty grim. Plasticy machines with some combination of garbage keyboards, shitty displays, terrible trackpads, short battery life, and loud fans (my last 3 machines have been ThinkPads) that are worth almost nothing when you want to upgrade after a couple years.