Which would you prefer to do? Make them rearrange their lives to accommodate bitcoin by purchasing a dedicated bitcoin desktop or make Bitcoin the only thing on their laptop and run only a client with the prune=<500> switch set? Both options are not only ridiculous but will not happen because no one will do it when they can just use ApplePay or a debit card instead.
Hmmmm, you're not really into Bitcoin, are you?
I myself indulge in all these "ridiculous" options, what I do is I check what kind of performance the hardware will need, then take some money, then spend it on the appropriate computer hardware. You seem to be claiming that today's Windows & Word low spec laptops can't handle it. Neither could yesterday's.
So what are you highlighting, other than nothing?
He loves to play devil's advocate to the point where I no longer know if he is playing anymore!
LOL, I thought he was just being an asshat.
FYI:
He could have just said the laptop people could get a 2TB USB to store the blockchain.
But I won't download the BTC blockchain and I am using a Desktop with multiple TB in it.
No point, since BTC is PoW instead of PoS, there is 0 advantage for me.