Anyone else find themselves not turning on their desktop for anything but programming these days?
I just do everything else (browsing, email) on my phone
Is it time to join the tablet race?
I don't code, but I do a fair share of 3d modeling and drawing (solidworks, mastercam) and yes I fear that one day I'll avoid using my desktop for leisure. Until then I just use my desktop in brief sprints, draw one thing, go run an errand, etc.
>>55174256
You might not even need a desktop to program in the end. All you need is a big screen, or multiple of them, and a keyboard. Tablets already provide that.
>>55174500
You can program on tablets?
>>55174256
I feel the other way around.
Programming on thinkpad and shitposting/csgo on my desktop.
>>55174510
There aren't any usable IDEs yet.
You can run Vim or emacs tho.
>>55174256
I'd only write code, but I also need to compile to test things sometimes.
I wish I can just survive with a very lightweight laptop like a Chromebook, but if it's shit at compiling then I'd rather not.
I spent 80% of my time in vim, which is a waste of the i7-5820K CPU I have.
>>55174565
If you have a good network connection you could just spin up a VPS every time you want to do write and compile something. Wouldn't cost you that much.
>>55174565
Are you compiling huge programs?
>>55174672
I should have been more clear. Compilation isn't the issue. It's running the unit tests. I deal with some GPGPU and running it on Intel graphics is not exactly pleasant, so I prefer having an actual GPU.
