If you're not travelling and comfortable sitting in once place, full desktop is best (or a laptop with a desktop like setup), just get the right chair, table and monitor adjusted to keep your head lifted and back not hunched.
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#12I went through a period of trying to combine my laptop and desktop workflows (through shared directories behind a VPN and such), but in the end I've settled on docking my laptop with a Thunderbolt cable.
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#13Mainframe.
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#14> Ever since I got a laptop I've had recurring neck pain and issues from not being strict with desk setups and using laptops here and there instead of at a table. Continue what you are doing and eventually you will get chronic debilitating pain.
What do you do instead?
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#15Desktop. Very hard to replace the parts on a laptop when something breaks especially the track pad.
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#16well it depends like i have both and i mostly use laptop until or unless i have to do gaming and stuff for coding and programming mostly laptop like you cant take a desktop to the college you know. but there is better way to use laptop which is to get those portable stands that can change angles this has helped me a lot in maintaing my posture while i am on the table using laptop and they are easy to carry and not that expensive
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#18I used to have lots of neck pain and back pain. Tried all sorts of things from standing desks to Aeron ergonomic chairs. Now I strictly use a laptop, no more multi-monitor setup, no ergonomic keyboard, no standing desk, I have poor posture, and, I have no more back and neck pain. Turns out that my anxiety was wiring my pain neurons together with certain pressures. Basically I was scared, and at some point the neurons…
Laptop is good it lets you sit anywhere, and saves from sitting in the same position for long.
I have found that is the best way to prevent injury. That is, Don't sit the same way for long.