[null, {"document_url": "https://hanuska.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-laptops-are-no-good-for-pair.html", "unformatted_src": "//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2606/2479/200/laptop.0.jpg", "src": "http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2606/2479/200/laptop.0.jpg", "formatted_filename": "laptop"}, null, null, null, null, null, null, {"document_url": "https://hanuska.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-laptops-are-no-good-for-pair.html", "unformatted_src": "//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Y5iOuRBk8PQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABQU/OO8ShN44TKU/s80-c/photo.jpg", "src": "http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Y5iOuRBk8PQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABQU/OO8ShN44TKU/s80-c/photo.jpg", "formatted_filename": "photo", "alt_text": "My photo", "rendered_width": 80, "rendered_height": 80}, null, null, null, null, null]
Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Why laptops are no good for pair programming Laptops are great! There are small powerful gadgets that you get to drag to anywhere you want and use them as they come. I love laptops! Laptop is like your super-sized personal organizer. I use my laptop for all my office-type-of-work. By that I mean e-mailing, writing documents, blogging, Internet whatevering (substitute with browsing, banking, surfing, etc.)

They are great, if you are using them by yourself. But when it comes to pairing, they are no good. And I tell you why.

Would I choose to have a laptop? Definitely! But not for pair programming. For that, I'd choose to have a nice and fast desktop PC.

Posted by Dushan Hanuska at Wednesday, June 14, 2006 Labels: pair programming, xp
 Jeff L. said...

- The screen also isn't very readable from angles other than dead on

- The keyboards are very inconsistent, with the special keys all over the place; they are also usually too small

- Some people can't stand the J-bar (pressure stick?) and others can't stand the touchpad

- Attaching keyboards and mice may help, of course...

8:15 AM about me Dushan Hanuska
 browse by category YOU & I tee