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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:17 PM
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Poll question: Desktop Computer, or Laptop?
What do you use?

I use both.
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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:21 PM
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1. I am confused ..... Desktop - Windows --- Laptop Apple Powerbook
:evilgrin:
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mark0rama Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 06:33 PM
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6. Me too!
I design Web sites on my Mac (iBook, actually, I only wish I had a Powerbook), and use the desktop PC to check my work in Windows browsers.
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Hokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:22 PM
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2. Portability vs. price and performance
You can get twice the computer at the same price or less with a desktop. If you travel a lot, do your work at the office and home, then a laptop makes sense. For most software the performance is not an issue - unless you are into high powered gaming or math intensive software.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:23 PM
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3. Desktop plus
An Alphasmart. One of the finest gizmos ever invented.

www.alphasmart.com
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:24 PM
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4. Both, if you count my laptop that only runs DOS...
Mmmm, Zork!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 05:26 PM
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5. Can a person build their own laptop?
And where can you find good components? I've heard the term WhiteBox, which I take to mean a laptop shell without components other than the screen and keyboard.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 06:36 PM
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7. Both plus a handheld (nm)
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 07:01 PM
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8. I currently have both, but the desktop is getting elderly
and I hope to replace it with a 15-17" Powerbook.
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