13 Mar
2011
13 Mar
'11
5:22 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 05:26:16PM -0500, Brian Lanning wrote:
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Dan Gahlinger
<dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
That's part of the price you pay for getting machine that is
- easy to carry around due to small size and low weight
- sips little enough power to work for a few hours on the batteries.
If you want the power of a big desktop, be prepared for a "luggable
computer" and an extra cart for the batteries ;-)
why a desktop anyhow? why not a decent notebook? why not an ipad2 (its under your price
requirement) ?
the desktop days are numbered (yeah, just like the year of the linux desktop is every
year)
I really dislike notebooks. I think they have less power for the
money. They're also less expandable. I've also had a lot of problems
from a variety of notebook manufacturers. For gateway, the keys fell
off. For a few toshibas, the power bricks crapped out, then the power
connector in the machine broke so you can't charge. My daughter had
an asus or acer or something with flaky 802.11g. It would drop the
connection making her reconnect every 5 minutes, then went out
completely. Replaced it, then the new one did the same. I can't seem
to get one that just keeps working. I have amiga computers that still
work, why can't a notebook last more than 3 months?
I've been using Thinkpads (T43p until almost two years ago, a X200
currently) and I'm very happy with them. They are solid, reliable
workhorses, plain and simply.
Of course, I also have my desktops (home & work), the laptop is really
just a mobile computer for me.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison