Is it just me or are performance laptops being killed by neglect between Apple and Microsoft?
Nobody seems to need them. Programmers seem to do all their heavy compute in the cloud, consumers do most things with phone/tablet, workers work with anything via browser apps.
agreed... but at least then I'm not trying to get a laptop configured the way I want it. Except I think a lot of things like video editing or 3d don't work well over a cloud connection on a lower-powered laptop.
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Plus some stuff, the cloud choice is made for you. I've been using OnShape for browser-based CAD for 3d printing design, and so far it's been simple enough that it hasn't choked. But I expect it to choke if I try anything too complex. So I have to upgrade laptop anyway.
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Oh, web app kind of "cloud". These actually run in your browser, so what you need is just good hardware. I define cloud as computing happening elsewhere. Also, why use a web apps for models? There are dozens of better options.
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Well, all you need is a hardware h264 decoder and decent connection. Even clean mobile signal is enough. Been playing games this way on a relatively meh tablet for a couple of years. It only starts to get annoying when the latencies are above 50-100ms range.
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What's a "decent" h264 decoder? Can you add one externally to a regular laptop? I'm very fuzzy on the details of how these things are configured
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