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
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.
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.
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.
They get hot and fail more.
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
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.
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.
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.
Yeah, I've thought of that too. Decisions, decisions. ;-)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
That's a maybe. But, as others have mentioned, the laptop can be moved within the house.
Did you actually mean to post this in 1999?
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
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