On 2013-08-27 11:51, Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** Tony Whitmore <tony@???> [2013-08-26 10:09]:
>> On 25/08/13 22:12, Tim B wrote:
>> > Phone+laptop+desktop. That's a very big claim, and not one I
>> think can
>> > be supported, given the widely varied use cases.
>>
>> It's not specced to be a media workstation or video editing PC,
>> sure. It
>> would serve just fine as a day-to-day PC though, and has a higher
>> spec
>> than my media PC, netbook and (almost) my laptop.
> ** end quote [Tony Whitmore]
>
> I like the sound of it, and would have loved to play with one, but
> the concept
> of a unified device failed my requirements big time. Great for
> carrying around,
> but a unified device has one major flaw - it is one device. I have
> enough
> problems when a customer phones me on my mobile and information I
> need to
> access could easily be accessed - from my mobile, but I can't because
> it is
> being a phone at the time! In that case I need a separate laptop or
> netbook.
> When I'm out an about I rarely if ever have access to a spare screen,
> keyboard
> and mouse to attach to, so that side of things is of little use -
> again a
> laptop or netbook is more practical. When in the office I have a
> desktop PC. I
> sometimes consider running just a laptop, but can't quite leave the
> convenience
> and expandability of the desktop at the moment - almost, but not
> quite,
> especially with the state of laptop keyboards and longevity of
> batteries.
+1 to that! these devices are pretty good for
calls/email/sms/social/calendar etc etc but as a serious work tool no
not really :) a typical day see's me with ~25 chrome tabs open, eclipse,
gdb, geany, a fair number of ssh sessions here and there and remmina
too.. and maybe libreoffice as well! yes I have tried ssh on android,
yes it *can* get you out of tight situation but it is far from practical
as are many things on the small screen, which takes me to my next
point.. needing a bigger screen/keyboard for your *mobile* device would
mean it was constantly being connected/disconnected from these items (as
it is mobile after all!), my experience is that ports on mobile devices
do not fare well from such constant wear and tear, add to that the
monitor/keyboard side of the connection is certainly not designed for
such wear and tear (yes ok you could do bluetooth keyboard!), so then
you need some middle-man docking device and that needs to be present
wherever you wish to plug-in. add to that there is probably much data on
my desktop workstation that I would (should/must) not carry around
everywhere with me either - I don't think I'm convinced yet :)
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