• jmp242@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    You mean like a portable thin client or something? I generally use a remote access tool if I want to remotely control something and I don’t care about a little lag. Things like VNC in the free realm (watch the security on the local network though). You still need some basic local OS though, but they do make ones that are like a chromebook - but then you don’t even really save money, so…

    The other way round would be to get a laptop that you use for everything and a good (good luck with this) dock that you plug the laptop into to give you the full monitor and stuff at your desk.

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      1 year ago

      So imagine a desktop connected to your tv with an hdmi cable. You’d see the screen on your tv, and you’d have a wireless keyboard/mouse.

      Now replace the cable with a wireless hdmi dongle - like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Q64M71N

      Now replace your tv with a portable monitor like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNWWF32B

      So you’d have basically a non-laptop that you could only use within like 30-ish feet of your desktop. You could have access to powerful pc that’s incredibly lightweight.

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        1 year ago

        So I guess you can do all that, but it seems like a lot of trouble for something very few people would want to me.