Comment by matt-attack
3 years ago
I feel like an 13" MacBook Air is the ultimate in flexible work environments. Incredibly light, powerful, goes anywhere, long lasting battery. Perhaps I'm just a philistine and haven't yet gotten a taste of the new world yet...
Plenty of software and workflows chew up a lot of screen real estate. 13" isn't enough for how a lot of people like to work.
I make it a point to do all my work on a laptop like this. That way, I’m 100% productive anywhere like in a hotel for example. I never miss giant external monitors because I don’t have any.
Alternatively, you're 50% productive everywhere.
I have a 13" Macbook Air, try to travel as much as possible. At home I have a single 27" 4k screen. Both at home and remote I work with just one screen so I'm able to keep my workflow exactly the same. Honestly, I think my productivity on my 13" does drop somewhat, but nowhere near the 50%. I would say I lose 10% of my productivity. For me that 10% is totally worth it to be able to work remotely and travel more.
Might not.
I have gone both ways several times.
Being able to group apps and then being them to focus on the single display works fantastic!
I took the time to get seriously productive in either case. The difference was not a big deal.
Chances are the OP rocks it as hard as they can. I was able to.
And being mobile these days, being able to work on an Air is a real plus!