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So for someone that owns a good desktop and a good laptop, what are some uses for both? Is there anything that you can use a laptop for to increase productivity or power to your main rig? Or what useful things can you use both at the same time for?

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Well my laptop is used for work so that's it's main use for me. Desktop is for gaming and everything non work related. Don't normally use them both at the same time

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1 minute ago, Maihym said:

So for someone that owns a good desktop and a good laptop, what are some uses for both? Is there anything that you can use a laptop for to increase productivity or power to your main rig? Or what useful things can you use both at the same time for?

I don't think you can assist power to your main rig. It's used for portability and just plain convenience.

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I have both a laptop and a desktop.

 

I use my desktop for gaming and my laptop for basically everything else. When I'm gaming I have my laptop on my desk with the forums/a bunch of tabs open, work open, skype/steam/messages, videos, itunes, etc... I tend to do most things (other than gaming) on my laptop so I can easily get up from my desk and sit on the couch or lie in bed without having to transition everything to my laptop. 

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Are there any programs that I can get that would help me with something such as coding on both machines? Something live.

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1 minute ago, Maihym said:

Are there any programs that I can get that would help me with something such as coding on both machines? Something live.

You mean you want to be coding the same piece of code on both at the same time? 

 

At that point your only option is really google docs (I don't know of any live editors that work like google docs).

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Just now, djdwosk97 said:

You mean you want to be coding the same piece of code on both at the same time? 

 

At that point your only option is really google docs. 

coding with google docs? matrix level crap right here

 

interesting, can you write a macro in docs and make it transferrable?

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Just now, anybodykek said:

coding with google docs? matrix level crap right here

Yeah.....but I can't think of another way to do live coding across multiple devices.

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Oh ok well I just thought it would be nice because then if I'm working on something on my desktop and I want to lay back. I can just pull up my laptop and do so.

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Just now, anybodykek said:

who knows? Maybe OP can create one ;p 

Haha no, I'm no good at coding.It's more for an Arma 3 server than anything. I'm thinking about using the laptop as a host. It'll create a more realistic server environment rather than doing it locally.

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2 minutes ago, Maihym said:

Oh ok well I just thought it would be nice because then if I'm working on something on my desktop and I want to lay back. I can just pull up my laptop and do so.

Save the code to dropbox/github/repository of your choosing and just commit it when you're done working on one device and update the version you have on the other device. 

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6 minutes ago, anybodykek said:

coding with google docs? matrix level crap right here

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8 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Save the code to dropbox/github/repository of your choosing and just commit it when you're done working on one device and update the version you have on the other device. 

Actually I'll use the dropbox method. I remember doing that with a minecraft server. It kept the files for me and a friend up to date so we can work on them at the same time.

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If you're at home I recommend using your PC over laptop. The only clear advantage i can see is portability

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36 minutes ago, Maihym said:

Oh ok well I just thought it would be nice because then if I'm working on something on my desktop and I want to lay back. I can just pull up my laptop and do so.

bruh... just make a shared folder between your pc and your laptop in your home network...

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Laptop is for traveling. Thats about it. I don't use it at home. Not very often. Sometimes when I need third screen its useful.

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I use my laptop for school to run some software on it and to do powerpoint presentations. 

Desktop is at home when I want to game. Its much more powerful and blazes through games.

I was never a fan of gaming notebooks. They run loud, hot, have worse battery life and are not as portable as ultrabooks. Im also not a mobile gamer. Its either game at home or dont game at all.

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