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Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#11

Post by hombre_fatal »

delichon wrote: post #10

I lived out of a backpack for two months on a Pacific Crest Trail hike. I got comfortable with it and told myself that I had overcome my materialism, and could henceforth live happily without a lot of stuff and conveniences. Not so much. Now a couple of decades later, I've got a house and garage crammed with stuff. Yesterday I had a plumber here working on a leak, and this morning I have no running water, and here I…

Yeah, when we stop moving, it's so easy to start hoarding.

I lived in Mexico for 10 years with just two duffelbags of clothes and essentials. I could carry both on a plane unchecked and be anywhere with nothing left behind, and I loved it.

Now I look around me in my apartment I share with my girlfriend and have things I wouldn't have even conceived of, like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??) and a closet full of clothes as if I don't wear the same 5 things.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

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Post by drewg123 »

Its SO ANNOYING to have to carry an Apple Silicon macbook AND an ipad. I'd love to see a touchscreen option for macbook and the option to run in ipad mode. But that would probably cannibalize sales.

As it is, you can theoretically run ios apps on Apple Silicon, but most app vendors disable that..

My main use case for an ipad while traveling is to watch downloaded movies on a plane. "AR" (not really) glasses like nreal air are way smaller and lighter than an ipad and makes watching movies on my phone pretty amazing..

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#13

Post by pavel_lishin »

nradov wrote: post #7
pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

> Onebag travel is unquestionably the best way to travel. Traveling without luggage removes just about every pain point associated with flying, such as checking bags, overhead compartments, bag fees, waiting in line, and needing to drop off luggage before an adventure. Just stroll into the airport an hour before your flight, and walk off your plane directly to your destination. This is absolutely true, especially whe…

Not really true since you can't even bring a little pocketknife or other cutting tool with you.

Yes, that's one thing that I really dislike. I'm very used to carrying my Leatherman supertool around with me, and it irks me that I can't do that.

But I do have a Wallet Ninja that's useful that's only ever been questioned once, and never taken away. And I used to carry a small knife that folds into a key, and nobody ever noticed until one particularly bored TSA agent decided I couldn't take it with me. I should really order another one, or dozen, and treat them as "disposable" for traveling with.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

#14

Post by pavel_lishin »

drewg123 wrote: post #12

Its SO ANNOYING to have to carry an Apple Silicon macbook AND an ipad. I'd love to see a touchscreen option for macbook and the option to run in ipad mode. But that would probably cannibalize sales. As it is, you can theoretically run ios apps on Apple Silicon, but most app vendors disable that.. My main use case for an ipad while traveling is to watch downloaded movies on a plane. "AR" (not really) glasses like nrea…

Out of curiosity, what is it about touchscreens that's such a big selling point for you?

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

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Post by achenet »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #14
drewg123 wrote: post #12

Its SO ANNOYING to have to carry an Apple Silicon macbook AND an ipad. I'd love to see a touchscreen option for macbook and the option to run in ipad mode. But that would probably cannibalize sales. As it is, you can theoretically run ios apps on Apple Silicon, but most app vendors disable that.. My main use case for an ipad while traveling is to watch downloaded movies on a plane. "AR" (not really) glasses like nrea…

Out of curiosity, what is it about touchscreens that's such a big selling point for you?

not the person you're responding too, but I'm writing this on an older ThinkPad L390 Yoga with touchscreen, and I gotta say, being able to scroll on the screen when reading large documents (like PDF textbooks), or to just touch the part of the screen you'd like you're cursor to be if you've got multiple windows open is really nice.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

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Post by TimorousBestie »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #11
delichon wrote: post #10

I lived out of a backpack for two months on a Pacific Crest Trail hike. I got comfortable with it and told myself that I had overcome my materialism, and could henceforth live happily without a lot of stuff and conveniences. Not so much. Now a couple of decades later, I've got a house and garage crammed with stuff. Yesterday I had a plumber here working on a leak, and this morning I have no running water, and here I…

Yeah, when we stop moving, it's so easy to start hoarding. I lived in Mexico for 10 years with just two duffelbags of clothes and essentials. I could carry both on a plane unchecked and be anywhere with nothing left behind, and I loved it. Now I look around me in my apartment I share with my girlfriend and have things I wouldn't have even conceived of, like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??) and a closet full…

> like a gaming PC with two monitors (for what??)

There’s nothing like the pleasure of idling in a pointless MMO on one screen while half-watching youtube autoplay on the other. Alternate Monster with White Claw and you’ve got peak hedonism.

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

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Post by faeyanpiraat »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #14
drewg123 wrote: post #12

Its SO ANNOYING to have to carry an Apple Silicon macbook AND an ipad. I'd love to see a touchscreen option for macbook and the option to run in ipad mode. But that would probably cannibalize sales. As it is, you can theoretically run ios apps on Apple Silicon, but most app vendors disable that.. My main use case for an ipad while traveling is to watch downloaded movies on a plane. "AR" (not really) glasses like nrea…

Out of curiosity, what is it about touchscreens that's such a big selling point for you?

apple pencil

Re: Indefinite Backpack Travel

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Post by synack »

nradov wrote: post #7
pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

> Onebag travel is unquestionably the best way to travel. Traveling without luggage removes just about every pain point associated with flying, such as checking bags, overhead compartments, bag fees, waiting in line, and needing to drop off luggage before an adventure. Just stroll into the airport an hour before your flight, and walk off your plane directly to your destination. This is absolutely true, especially whe…

Not really true since you can't even bring a little pocketknife or other cutting tool with you.

Swiss army knives are cheap and easy to find in every city.
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