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ceejayozyesterday at 8:57 PM3 repliesview on HN

Same for fancy computers. Dev on a fast one if you like, but test things out on a Chromebook.


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mananaysiempreyesterday at 9:04 PM

“Craptop duty”[1]. (Third time in three years I’m posting an essentially identical comment, hah.)

[1] https://css-tricks.com/test-your-product-on-a-crappy-laptop/

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drcongoyesterday at 9:33 PM

Music producers often have some shitty speakers known as grot boxes that they use to make sure their mix will sound as good as it can on consumer audio, not just on their extremely expensive studio monitors. Chromebooks are perfectly analogous. As a side note, today I learned that Grotbox is now an actual brand: https://grotbox.com

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Joel_Mckayyesterday at 9:11 PM

Based on the damage rate for company laptop screens, one can usually be sure anything high-end will be out of your own pocket. =3