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      Francesco Provino
      last edited by Francesco Provino

      I've also "upgrade" to an iPad pro 10.5… it's almost weightless. I can do 95% of what I need without relying on other machines.

      I also have a spare MBP13 and an HP z240 for any eventuality, like DD-ing a thumb drive or unusual stuff. The biggest part of my work is being connected to a remote ssh or rdp session, and the iPad has great clients for both protocols. The other thing I need for work like mail and browsing/web interfaces usually work, but of course I can log into some windows machine for peculiar interfaces that needs flash &co.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @wrx7m
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        @wrx7m said in What does your desk look like?:

        @scottalanmiller - I get your point. This is truer now than ever. However, there is still plenty that can be done while offline. Obviously, this is dependent on job function. In IT, not a whole lot.

        Any examples, though? I've never run into an issue with a Chromebook not doing something offline that my desktop would not, other than running a VM farm.

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        • R3dPand4R
          R3dPand4
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          Relatively tidier by the second as I get ready for a long weekend, while I faceroll on my KB Paradise V80 w/Matias QC experimenting in the lab with a CentOS 7/KVM & Ceph deployment.

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          • wrx7mW
            wrx7m @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

            I hate to quote them but it was the easiest thing to find mention of it.
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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @wrx7m
              last edited by

              @wrx7m said in What does your desk look like?:

              @scottalanmiller

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

              I hate to quote them but it was the easiest thing to find mention of it.
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              Clearly who wrote that doesn't know what they are saying. Web apps are not traditional apps in what way? Web apps work offline. I want to know what they mean by limited offline capability... that's a meaningless phrase. All computers with networking capability are limited when offline. Traditional apps and web apps both work and don't work, depending on purpose and design, when offline. MS Office 2016 is a web app, does it work offline? Google Apps work offline.

              Yes, Chromebooks, like all computers since 1994, are designed to work primarily online.

              Basically they just described "computers" with no information specific to the Chromebooks.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                I have no function on my Chromebook that doesn't work offline, except for those functions that only exist when online (web browser, SSH, etc.)

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                  wrx7m @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by wrx7m

                  @scottalanmiller said in What does your desk look like?:

                  I have no function on my Chromebook that doesn't work offline, except for those functions that only exist when online (web browser, SSH, etc.)

                  Yeah, I get your point but remember reading it on at least one of the tech site's blurbs when they first came out. Maybe it was only the web apps were available at launch? I am not sure.

                  Edit: Glad to know that isn't a thing now (or ever).

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                  • CloudKnightC
                    CloudKnight
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                    I have custom monitor stands on my desk.....lol

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1
                      last edited by travisdh1

                      Just got setup in a corner at my parents house for now (no animals or babies to get in the way during the day.) Slightly mobile setup, I say slightly because the entire kit comes out to ~11 lbs.

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                      • matteo nunziatiM
                        matteo nunziati @CloudKnight
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                        @stuartjordan said in What does your desk look like?:

                        I have custom monitor stands on my desk.....lol

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                        they are quite common in my company too!

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                        • matteo nunziatiM
                          matteo nunziati @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in What does your desk look like?:

                          Traditional apps and web apps both work and don't work, depending on purpose and design, when offline

                          that's true but, unless you leverage HDD with custom frameworks, webapps which run in-browser have limited standard capabilities compared to desktop apps with cloud backend (say MS office)

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                          • AdamFA
                            AdamF
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                            At the office and when I work mobile, I use my MBP. At home, I have a whitebox gaming rig, in which I never game with.

                            I have been tossing around the idea of getting a cheap mobile laptop. Debating on getting a keyboard for my Dell Venue 11 Pro 5130, or getting a chromebook.

                            Venue Tablet: Atom 1.46 GHz, quad core with 2 GB RAM, and 60 GB SSD drive. Windows 10.

                            For those with a Chromebook, would to rather have a Chromebook over the tablet listed above?

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                            • QuixoticJeremyQ
                              QuixoticJeremy
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                              My desk is embarrassingly disgusting atm.

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                                gjacobse @QuixoticJeremy
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                                @quixoticjeremy said in What does your desk look like?:

                                My desk is embarrassingly disgusting atm.

                                LOL... oh yea... might got you beat... both of my desks are a mess... Solder, flux, dead battery, wires, 3 packs of AA or AAA batteries,.. and I don't know what else. I need to build another horizontal surface so I can sort these two out...

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                                • QuixoticJeremyQ
                                  QuixoticJeremy @gjacobse
                                  last edited by

                                  @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?:

                                  @quixoticjeremy said in What does your desk look like?:

                                  My desk is embarrassingly disgusting atm.

                                  LOL... oh yea... might got you beat... both of my desks are a mess... Solder, flux, dead battery, wires, 3 packs of AA or AAA batteries,.. and I don't know what else. I need to build another horizontal surface so I can sort these two out...

                                  LOL mine is more like 6 empty beer cans, 5 pop cans, some mia's pizza containers etc from my night of dev work last night.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @QuixoticJeremy
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                                    @QuixoticJeremy
                                    As for Epicness - you win

                                    As for messiness? I might win... Hmm Pizza sounds tasty...

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                                    • QuixoticJeremyQ
                                      QuixoticJeremy @gjacobse
                                      last edited by

                                      @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?:

                                      @QuixoticJeremy
                                      As for Epicness - you win

                                      As for messiness? I might win... Hmm Pizza sounds tasty...

                                      It really was, not much beats mia's pizza at 3 in the morning when you're beyond frustrated because your code just won't do what you want....

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @QuixoticJeremy
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                                        @quixoticjeremy
                                        My code never does / did..... which is why I don't code. Wished I could... I have so many project notes just sitting.... Ah well. can't do it all...

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                                        • QuixoticJeremyQ
                                          QuixoticJeremy @gjacobse
                                          last edited by

                                          @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?:

                                          @quixoticjeremy
                                          My code never does / did..... which is why I don't code. Wished I could... I have so many project notes just sitting.... Ah well. can't do it all...

                                          Code and I have an interesting relationship.

                                          Code doesn't work: why didn't my code work?
                                          Code works: Why did my code work? What am I missing...

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @QuixoticJeremy
                                            last edited by

                                            @quixoticjeremy said in What does your desk look like?:

                                            @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?:

                                            @quixoticjeremy
                                            My code never does / did..... which is why I don't code. Wished I could... I have so many project notes just sitting.... Ah well. can't do it all...

                                            Code and I have an interesting relationship.

                                            Code doesn't work: why didn't my code work?
                                            Code works: Why did my code work? What am I missing...

                                            Yep, been there, done that plenty of times myself.

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