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Comment by Tiktaalik

7 hours ago

This thing loaded up with Parsec could maybe be a great small, cheap coding machine, for accessing a more powerful computer beyond.

iPads with neither an ability to run VSCode nor Parsec have been frustratingly useless for this category.

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nateb2022  7 hours ago

I doubt anyone learning to program would need to subscribe to a remote dev machine just to run hello world type programs. From 2020-2023 I used an 8GB Macbook Air M1 to develop a lot of relatively heavy software, containers in the background too, and it wasn't a bad experience.

  • Tiktaalik  6 hours ago

    I agree. My point though is that this extends the market of this device beyond the educational sector.

    I have friends that have gone on extended vacation work trips and have lugged along a laptop purely to connect to a beefy workhorse PC at home.

    Maybe this is a tweener category though in that that sort of person would simply bring along a Macbook Air they already own? I dunno.