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Originally Posted by Hitch
I realize that this makes me the odd man out, but I freely admit, I love desktops far more than laptops. For the work I do, being able to use 3 monitors and have three browser windows open (where we run SAAS) at the same time is invaluable. I have a few laptops, yes--an older first-gen Thinkpad and a newer Thinkpad Yoga--and I use the latter often, but it's not for "serious" work, for me. I do things like post in forums, gab online, that type of thing. For the biz, I'd be bald from yanking hair out of my head if I had to constantly flip back-forth from one browser tab to another.
(shrug) FWIW.
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I had a dual monitor setup at employers. I loved them, but simply don't have room for a second where the computer is setup. I
do have a 23" monitor in 1920x1080 resolution, but I wouldn't mind a larger one. My goal, since I do occasional DTP, is to be able to display two 8.5x11 pages side by side in the DTP program at full size. The current setup
almost does it. (What I'd like is available but cost$, and my needs aren't sufficient to justify the outlay.)
But the nice thing about the desktop is the possibility of expansion. It has a 3.1ghz quad core Intel processor with a 3.4ghz turbo mode, which is adeqaute for what I do, but a processor upgrade is possible. It has 8GB RAM, which is quite adequate, but can be expanded to 32GB. I can add more disk storage cheaply. The built in Intel graphics are adequate, since I'm not a gamer (and actually
better than the ATI video card from the machine the current one replaced), but if I want it, I can move to a higher end ATI or nVidia card. The machine didn't come with USB 3, and I haven't needed it, bit a PCI USB3 add-on card is a cheap upgrade option, and on my list.
And the current machine is a refurb off lease HP corporate unit, designed for easy service, so if I have to pop the hood and fiddle with the innards, it's simple.
There are several laptops here, but they are strictly travel machines with the exception of the SOs. It's her regular machine, but her needs are fairly simple and what she has meets them. She also doesn't pound hers the was Katsunami pounds his, so the keyboard has held up fine.
And I'm
almost at the point where an Android tablet could
replace a laptop as a travel device. I'd want en external keyboard, and likely a real mouse, but that's easily done, and the result will be smaller, lighter, and easier to transport. A tablet has adequate horsepower for the subset of things I do while traveling.
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Dennis