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MiniPCs, portable monitors?
Hello, it’s midnight where I am and I fell into a rabbit hole of MiniPCs and portable monitors.
I work from home with the occasional max once a month summon to office. I travel a lot and I ended up wondering if a MiniPC like Geekom would be for me.
I currently have a ThinkPad but I have an external keyboard, mouse, monitor, speaker and webcam at home. I only ever use the actual laptop parts when I am on a train or traveling. Which is also a pity because the laptop is heavy for me.
Anyway, does anyone travel with a MiniPC / monitor combo? I would love to hear your experiences and advice and maybe some obvious and not-so-obvious pros and cons that you can share.
Does your office offer you all the accessories you'll need to run that computer? Because otherwise it seems like things would be much more complex, bulky, and less reliable as a result. A laptop seems like the most obvious answer to me.
What kind of work do you do on your laptop? If it's not "specialized" work, you might do better with a tablet like an iPad better than you'd think.