Mario GuzmánFeb 14, 2023

Does anyone have a laptop equivalent of a beater-car? Like something you take with you on travel and everywhere and just wouldn't really mind if it got scratched, dinged, or worse, lost.

I think I want to get like an M1 MacBook *Air* because I am paranoid taking my nicely-customized MBPro anywhere -- especially when traveling.

Show threadJony 👨🏽‍💻
@marioguzman I used to do this a very long time ago. iBook G4 for travel and an iMac at home. Now I use my iPad Pro for the same purpose, but I’m very limited with what I can do when I’m traveling.
Feb 14, 2023 at 5:06amMona for iPhone
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 14, 2023
@jonyheim yeah... I can't really do iPad when traveling. I really prefer a Mac. When I use my iPad, I'm like... might as well just use my phone. That's just me though.
Show threadJony 👨🏽‍💻Feb 14, 2023
@marioguzman Yeah, I don’t blame you. I go back and forth on this quite a bit. The biggest issue I had was syncing data across two Macs, but if you have a solid solution, then you should go for it! 😬💸
Show threadscopsFeb 14, 2023
@jonyheim @marioguzman on travels i use mostly no computer at all. If i really want/need one i carry around a old toughbook... If i get a new screen someday maybe i recover my old iBook G4 for this task xD
i sync all my computers and phones via syncthing :) works just very nice amd crossplatform.