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*Vanity* Anyone using a laptop as a desktop replacement?
Free Republic ^ | June 29, 2011 | Me

Posted on 06/29/2011 7:01:55 PM PDT by decimon

If anyone has given up the desktop PC for a laptop PC then can you say how that's working out?

TIA


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To: LukeL
downside is when......want to listen to music.

I bought a Dell XPS15 laptop last year and just love it! One of the main reasons I got it was because of the sound system. It's really great! JBL speakers etc. The video below demonstrates the laptop and at the end you can hear the quality. The only problem with this video is that listening to his sound demonstration is "tinnier" than what I hear on mine. Great sound for a laptop.

YouTube

101 posted on 06/29/2011 8:09:16 PM PDT by mupcat
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To: ConservativeMind; decimon
You do need an external backup device that you regularly backup to.

I have it better than most, with two servers in the basement, I use Cobian Backup to shove my data down to the server, and the two servers exchange data every night...

But even without that, backup solutions are not hard to find - USB is cool, like you said, primarily because it is as portable as the laptop is... but for a home based situation, a NAS (Network appliance, 'Network Attached Storage', hooks up to router, always on) is a good option too - and they have become really reasonable in the Home/SOHO market.

102 posted on 06/29/2011 8:10:38 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: decimon

Not me. I don’t like laptops much. I hate the touch pads and adding a mouse kind of takes away a lot of the “advantage” of a laptop. Then again I won’t have a cell phone either.


103 posted on 06/29/2011 8:15:53 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: decimon
My protegé at Sài Gòn U has avoided asking me for a laptop for four years at University but one is a hard requirement for grad school so she told me that she could get one for $600(about 12 and 1/2 million đồng fwiw). I checked out what she could get for $600 on the VN version of Amazon/E-Bay and it seems really minimal- 1/2-1G of RAM and a 20G HD with a 10 inch screen. So I investigated on this side and got her one with 4G RAM, a 500G HD and a 15.6 inch screen with a UPS and plug adapters that cost me the same $600 including postage to VN. The problem seems to be taxes on that stuff which I and she and her family have not had to pay on anything I have sent them in 8 years. So far.
104 posted on 06/29/2011 8:32:31 PM PDT by ThanhPhero (Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
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To: decimon

They get hot and fail more.


105 posted on 06/29/2011 8:33:23 PM PDT by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: decimon

I use a laptop now since my desktop died, but I don’t like it much. I still use a mouse and I plugged in a keyboard because I don’t like laptop keyboards. :-P


106 posted on 06/29/2011 8:39:56 PM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: decimon

In the interest of accuracy: I have a Mac mini connected to the HDTV, and a 21” iMac on my desk. A T61 Lenovo laptop runs Linux. But the iPad is the most used device.


107 posted on 06/29/2011 8:43:02 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: decimon

Having acquired an iPad, I have best of both worlds: a hyper portable computer (using now to post from a hotel balcony after using it on a trip to the beach) which perfectly complements a gutsy work machine (multiple monitor terabyte storage quad core monster).

I had run laptops only for about a decade. Laptops are a compromise of portability vs power. A tablet and desktop give the best of both worlds.


108 posted on 06/29/2011 8:45:09 PM PDT by ctdonath2
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To: decimon

It’s working great for me, but I don’t do much. Email, FReeping, some humor sites, youtube and word processing...

I do hate the speakers, though.

And I’m spending waaaay too much time on the computer now that I’m not confined to the study. Not good.


109 posted on 06/29/2011 8:46:53 PM PDT by Marie (I agree with everything that Rick Perry is saying. I just wish that *he* did. (NO to Bush II))
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To: ctdonath2
A tablet and desktop give the best of both worlds.

Yeah, I've thought of that too. Decisions, decisions. ;-)

110 posted on 06/29/2011 8:50:07 PM PDT by decimon
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To: LukeL
I use a lap top, however the only downside is when you need to print, or want to listen to music.

I use a wireless printer and it works great. I'm buying wireless speakers soon.

I also use a wireless mouse because I hate the one on the laptop. Basically, I'm free except for the power cord.

111 posted on 06/29/2011 8:51:05 PM PDT by Marie (I agree with everything that Rick Perry is saying. I just wish that *he* did. (NO to Bush II))
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To: decimon
Yes, quite. I suspect the tower version of the PC will fade in the years to come.

I am using an HP laptop. My first and brother, do I ever love it. Toss in Wifi and I am doing work in the backyard or at a friends house if need be.

I have an 18” inch screen, crisp resolution and so far no troubles. The touch pad drives me nuts so I use a mouse instead of the pad.

I think you will love the freedom.

112 posted on 06/29/2011 9:36:59 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: decimon

As a contractor I provide my own equipment and a laptop
is easy to transport. Just plug in decent monitors and mice
and its good to go. It boots off the corp network and all tools live on shares.


113 posted on 06/29/2011 9:41:15 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: decimon

I use both. But my “laptop” has a 17 inch screen, two batteries that last around 8 hours, huge memory and hardrive, full built in keyboard, wireless, etc.

Actually cost more than the desktop. It’s more like a portable desktop. It’s about 8-9 pounds and I had to buy a $200 travel case to fit it in. Okay, a nice one.

The resolution on its screen is better than the 22” screen I have on the desk.


114 posted on 06/29/2011 9:42:57 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Mitt Romney makes Nelson Rockefeller look like Ronald Reagan. NO MITT 2012.)
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To: decimon

I did that 3 years ago and it is working out fine.I use a reular keyboard on it when I am at home though keeps from beating the laptop to death.


115 posted on 06/29/2011 9:46:17 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: decimon

Are you going to leave your house with it? If not you can get twice the machine or plus for the same money with a desktop.


116 posted on 06/29/2011 10:03:33 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: driftdiver; decimon

“Get a separate monitor and a full size keyboard. You won’t know the difference except you’re portable.”

I agree. After desktop only for 5 years, I bought a laptop for the power, plus Windows 7. The guy who unloaded everything from the desktop to the new laptop said to do the same as driftdiver above said and added he also uses his old mouse. The best of both worlds.


117 posted on 06/29/2011 10:24:14 PM PDT by Islander2
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To: gura
Are you going to leave your house with it?

That's a maybe. But, as others have mentioned, the laptop can be moved within the house.

118 posted on 06/29/2011 10:29:47 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Did you actually mean to post this in 1999?


119 posted on 06/29/2011 10:43:55 PM PDT by Defiant (When Democrats lose voters, they manufacture new voters instead of convincing the existing voters.)
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To: waynesa98
Yes they are getting better, but as with any mechanical system eventually it will fail.

Except that everyone noticed when they moved to laptops that the HDs failed, and the HD manufacturers started doing the 'instant head retract' when one got dropped or if power failed. Failure rate was cut dramatically.

I don't think you have relative real-world experience supporting modern laptops in a field engineering environment (Field engineers are rough on equipment).

Or at least not recently.

Your data may be dated (expired, old).

/johnny

120 posted on 06/29/2011 10:48:04 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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