The faster battery life deterioration might even be desirable for those manufacturers with planned obsolescence in mind, especially phone manufacturers
because every time this happened, I will always think,
great, now company gonna waste another resource for the benefit of the stupid, careless, lowests common denominator, and absolutely no benefit whatsoever (or worse) to people with common sense.
Surely you're joking, right?
I've never encountered those two phrases where they meant the same thing.
Couldn't care less - absolute zero care. Nothing can disappoint me whatever happen.
Could care less - some degree of care is present. Thing can actually get worse
space - you have to have at least 1 dedicated desk for your desktop.
mobility - You can do your work in places other you workplaces/home. Change of scenery/environment is trivial. even inside your own house, you can work from your own bedroom, kitchen, lounge, garden, wherever you want.
Your last point is baffling, really. Just treat it like any PC. If you dont want to use the screen/keyboard/trackpad just connect what you want to the laptop.
Actually I dont see the point of mini PC. Theyre just desktop that you can lug without monitor and any input devices.
What's the point of spending huge sums of money on a mini PC that performs 1/2.9 compared to its PC equivalent?
if by payment info includes credit card detail, then no, most of them that use Stripe(including my employer) does not have them, and its not trivial to do so. There are very strict regulation you have to adhered to if you want to store such details, and I assume a lot of people/company using Stripe are not eager to do such extensive work when Stripe can do it for you.
theres MacOS. Thats the real immediate threat of Windows 11.
And honestly with recent development of Apple's hardware, and gaming on Linux, Microsoft should be worried. Windows 11 feels like Microsoft make a step forward and 2 steps backward