Jan 5, 2024, 18:25 by r...@remlab.net: > Le keskiviikkona 3. tammikuuta 2024, 2.56.12 EET Lynne a écrit : > >> As some of you know, my laptop died nearly 2 years ago, and >> I've been working on a desktop machine, which is currently a Zen 3. >> AVX512 has become more popular in the meantime, with Zen 4 >> and future AMD CPUs shipping with it, but currently, we have very >> little AVX512. >> > > Frankly, generally speaking, I don't think it makes sense to buy laptops for > development *unless* desktop systems are not an option. > > And here, a desktop system is not only an option, but it is the technically > better and already purchased option. A desktop is cheaper, more faster, more > serviceable and more incrementally upgradeable. More prosaically a desktop > system is much more suitable to occupational well-being - laptops are awfully > inadequate in terms of ergonomy, unless they are docked, at which point they > become expensive under-provisioned desktops. >
Emergencies could happen, but progress must always happen. We have a lot of donations, but no real way to spend them, let alone agree on anything to do with them. I think that we could spend a little bit of it, even if it's not the absolute most efficient and optimized way, that would allow a developer to work even when needing travelling, while still being useful when not. Also, I think some developers here would disagree with the notion that desktop machines are always the best option, and I think I that subjects such as ergonomy, uselessness when not docked, being less serviceable, are subjective metrics. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
