On 9/17/2020 7:51 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:06:13 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
[...]

[About laptops versus desktops.]

[FWIW, my private PCs from the 80's to early 00's were desktops/towers.]

I travel for work, or at least I did before the current situation arrived,
so I use my laptop for work. It makes sense to me to use it when I'm
working from home, as well, to maintain a sense of continuity. So my laptop
is my work machine,

I started with laptops at/for work. For moving between work-at-home,
work-at-office (both with full docking stations, big monitors,
keyboards, 'mice', etc.) and some work-in-the-field.

Laptops were most convenient, because all your stuff/files went with
the laptop from location to location. Keeping stuff in the cloud was
not yet possible/available, so desktops at home/office and a laptop for
on the road was not feasible, aside from the added expense.

So when I retired, continuing to use a laptop was a no-brainer. (Not
to mention that I could keep the company laptop and all other
work-at-home equipment! :-))


OK. As you know, I disagree, but we're all different.


For - extended, often several months (but of course not now :-() -


I've never been away for longer than four weeks, and that was only once.


travel for pleasure, we take all, laptop, tablet and smartphone. We need
the laptop, because during those long periods we might/need access to
our files and cloud-access is too costly or not available at all (i.e.
no mobile coverage, so no Internet).


I always choose hotels that have free wi-fi service, and I never need
access to any files I have at home.


--
Ken