RE notebooks vs monitor+keyboard. I have a work macbook, a personal macbook, and a personal thinkpad. I keep work context on the work laptop, one personal project context (ui dev) on my macbook, and one personal project context (backend dev) on my thinkpad.
I really like that context switching is a physical experience, which feels much more intuitive, concrete and solid as in "it works". I don't have to open/close tabs, do cmd-tab or maybe ctrl-tab to find the right window, or switch to another digital workspace to switch to the other context.
Additionally, those devices being laptops allows me to use them almost anywhere under battery. Whenever I put a sweater under them, I can get them in a comfortable position. Managing multiple tiled windows on one screen is overhead, and so I am fine focusing on one window at a time, and so I am able to show slightly larger font which means I don't have to squint of bend forward too much.
I do think it would be nice if I had slightly larger screens.
I really like that context switching is a physical experience, which feels much more intuitive, concrete and solid as in "it works". I don't have to open/close tabs, do cmd-tab or maybe ctrl-tab to find the right window, or switch to another digital workspace to switch to the other context.
Additionally, those devices being laptops allows me to use them almost anywhere under battery. Whenever I put a sweater under them, I can get them in a comfortable position. Managing multiple tiled windows on one screen is overhead, and so I am fine focusing on one window at a time, and so I am able to show slightly larger font which means I don't have to squint of bend forward too much.
I do think it would be nice if I had slightly larger screens.