The hunt for a perfect laptop continues
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This is a bit of a rant; feel free to skip it if you’re here for the KDE content. This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about the dearth of truly great PC laptops out there, and …

This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about the dearth of truly great PC laptops out there, and I suspect it won’t be the last.

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  • Decker108@lemmy.ml
    72·
    9 hours ago

    Most companies still change their laptops’ keyboard layouts in random negative ways every year; ship with stupid screen resolutions, woefully bad speakers, and disappointing touchpads; and stuff the most powerful processor and GPU in there and don’t focus enough on tuning the cooling, power usage, and fan profiles.

    I don’t really get these nitpicks. If you’re planning to use the laptop as your daily driver, do what every other power user does and get a set of good peripherals.

    • rothaine@lemmy.zip
      21·
      8 hours ago

      Walk into class

      Pull laptop out of bag, put it on the desk

      Whip out mechanical keyboard

      Mouse, small set of stereo speakers

      Pull out a large object wrapped in a blanket

      Everyone else watches confusedly

      Take off blanket, unveiling a 28in monitor

      Whip out power strip

      Put power strip on the adjacent desk, no one is sitting there anyway

      20ft extension cord

      The outlet is on the far wall, run the extension cord between the desks

      Apologize to everyone bumped into a long the way

      Play World of Warcraft the entire time