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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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1 posted on 06/29/2011 7:01:56 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

I’ve used laptops temporarily but hated it every time.


2 posted on 06/29/2011 7:03:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: decimon

I have at home for the last 5 years and at work the last year. Works great for me, no problems, takes a lot less space. Plus I can toss it in my gun safe when ever I’m out, hopefully making it less likely to get stolen.


3 posted on 06/29/2011 7:04:47 PM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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To: decimon

I haven’t used a desktop computer since 2001. My work computer has a dock, but my home computer is a HP touchsmart. The screen can flip around and become a tablet. I love it.


4 posted on 06/29/2011 7:05:27 PM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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To: decimon

I haven’t used a desktop computer in over five years. have docking stations for all my laptops and they work just fine.


5 posted on 06/29/2011 7:05:36 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: decimon

There is no reason not to, save one. Laptop drives fail faster so you need to backup your data off board. That may change if you spend the $ on a ssd, but even then there are some issues. Also check out the reports of mac’s thunderbolt tech, huge throughput and bootable from a raid to boot.


6 posted on 06/29/2011 7:06:20 PM PDT by waynesa98
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To: decimon

Everyone (adult children, spouse, and myself) in my family has taken to using laptops instead of desktops over the past couple of years. Life is much easier. Can take them anywhere. Easy to take in when repairs are needed. Not so many wires and cords.


7 posted on 06/29/2011 7:07:08 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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Haven't used a desktop in years. They are a bulky, waste of space IMHO. My husband and I each have our own inexpensive laptops. It's easier for each of us because we each need one for work and we each need different programs. Plus, our iTunes libraries don't get mixed up.
8 posted on 06/29/2011 7:07:39 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: decimon

I have a large monitor for my laptop witch works for me. I carry my laptop around with me when I go to various work sites and when I get home I connect it to a 19” monitor.


9 posted on 06/29/2011 7:07:53 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (I am still looking for that box I am supposed to think out of.)
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To: decimon

Can’t beat it for convenience, but I agree on the docking station. Must have. They keep making the machines smaller and I really prefer a larger screen for most of the work I do.


10 posted on 06/29/2011 7:07:59 PM PDT by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this...")
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To: Proverbs 3-5; CollegeRepublican; mnehring

Screen size and resolution is good enough for y’all?


11 posted on 06/29/2011 7:09:20 PM PDT by decimon
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I use a lap top, however the only downside is when you need to print, or want to listen to music.


12 posted on 06/29/2011 7:09:20 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: decimon
For the last 10 years. Wouldn't have a 'desktop' anymore. If I need horses, I have servers (out in the barn, they are LOUD), but for everything short of digging through a 24G database, the laptop works fine. And goes with me. Home is where you can get network connectivity.

/johnny

13 posted on 06/29/2011 7:10:52 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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>>Can’t beat it for convenience, but I agree on the docking station. Must have. They keep making the machines smaller and I really prefer a larger screen for most of the work I do.<<

That is my take as well — larger KB and monitor seems to move things and make the interaction a lot smoother.


14 posted on 06/29/2011 7:10:54 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: decimon
Main machine is a Dell XPS 1710M laptop. Everything else is scavenged from folks throwing stuff out. Photobucket
15 posted on 06/29/2011 7:10:56 PM PDT by halfright (My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
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To: LukeL
I use a lap top, however the only downside is when you need to print,

Most new printers on the market are wireless.

16 posted on 06/29/2011 7:11:08 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Bookwoman

I’ve been a laptop convert for the past 6 years. No desire to switch back.

If anything, I’ve been getting the peripherals to make the laptops more, not less robust. I’ve got an external hd finally, and a proper cooler.

I find it odd that I am spending less for the whole package these days then I spent on my desktop bruiser, and for far more processor power.

I just spent 200 bucks on a close to 2 gig machine with a 75 gig hd. Just doesn’t seem right to me. :p


17 posted on 06/29/2011 7:11:13 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman!)
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To: decimon

I have not owned a desktop in years. I use a laptop and a tablet computed and I would not go back to a desktop if it was given to to me.


18 posted on 06/29/2011 7:11:48 PM PDT by Kath (Luvya DubyaI)
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To: waynesa98
There is no reason not to, save one. Laptop drives fail faster...

Do you think that will be true if the laptop isn't moved very much?

19 posted on 06/29/2011 7:12:13 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.

Printing is no problem. Ever since I got WiFi, I have had a printer on WiFi also, so no problem to print from laptop, wherever I am in the house. Can even print from my iPhone.

20 posted on 06/29/2011 7:12:35 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Barrak has now won the contest. He is even worse than Jimmah.)
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