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Originally Posted by mjh215
Many people love the freedom of a laptop, and I can't fault them on that... I just don't care for them... All the proprietary parts... (Stops thinking about it to avoid raising my blood pressure  )
That happened somewhere in the late 90s, friend of a friend deal. I maintained his home network and all his systems. I went over that evening and ran late setting stuff up and just left all my gear (and laptop) there to come back the following morning. I waited around all morning for a call to head over, eventually I called and found out the house was raided. When I found out the charges I didn't even bother claiming my gear. Since I was smart and didn't have anything personal on the laptop (and wasn't registered) I figured I'd just write it off as a learning experience. Not that I was at all connected to what he did, but I didn't want any confusion on that issue, lol...
-MJ |
crikey ! what a story.
actually, the whole "proprietary parts" thing is part of the reason i don't have a laptop yet... my current configuration is custom built, as will be my next tower. i can change a hard drive or optical drive myself, and i regularly do. i can add RAM myself. i successfully changed one of the fans recently. i'll have the new one built by someone else (i've never installed a proc or mb yet and i'd rather let someone else do that) but i'm planning to keep some of the elements i already have (dvd burner, one of the two hard drives, disquette drive...), and put them in myself when i get it home. i feel a bit frustrated by the non-customisable aspect of portables.
plus, i'm a webdesigner. i need a *good* portable, if i get one, with a good screen. they're still far pricier than the equivalent in destop size. and as i said, i'm not made of money.
nonetheless, it does have advantages and i'm sure i will *eventually* get one, and it will be useful for me (even just for client meetings alone). it's really more a question of "when" than "whether". but "when" is still very abstract...