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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The security of a desktop is what impresses me about them. Desktops seem more secure against break-ins because in order to steal them, somebody needs to do a bit of work disconnecting everything and gathering up all the various components; whereas with a laptop all a thief needs to do is grab it and go. I did think about an all-in-one, which is basically what our iMac is, but desktops are a lot easier to work on if you need to add some goodies to the guts of the thing.
I have been toying with the idea of buying a touch-screen monitor to make full use of the Windows 8 OS, though.
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I never mess with the guts of my computers. I'm too squeamish for such things (as well as being anatomically ignorant). I'm not a power user like many of you are. I just try to make sure it has all the USB ports and such that I need. And I try to make sure it's the top of the line in the category I choose when I get a new machine, since it will be outdated anyway by the end of the month, right? Why start off at a deficit?
My current one is a Dell all-in-one with 5 or 6 USB ports, plus all the other extra ports I'll probably never use, CD/DVD/DVR drive, cordless keyboard & mouse, and 23" HD touch screen with WIN 7. It's about 5 years old and still performs like new.