In message , Bill in Co
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Bill in Co
writes:
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I wonder if anybody gets so used to a laptop that it ends up replacing
their desktop for almost everything they need to do (for home or limited
work use, I mean).
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I'd say my main initial concerns re laptops fell into three areas:
limited keyboard, all-in-one-ness, and (in practice) no slots.
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Thanks, John. Good to hear all that, too.

You're welcome; it was interesting to ask myself the question(s).

Two of the three concerns you mentioned aren't of much significant concern
for me. But I do have to say I still feel more comfortable sitting down at
the computer desk with the desktop and its larger monitor and keyboard. I
don't travel much, so portability is not an issue for me. (And I also have
the (larger) monitor for the desktop further away from me than you can get
with a laptop, obviously).

Having it closer means it doesn't have to be so big, of course - so it's
only resolution that's different. I find the 1366 × 768 of this one more
than adequate for my needs now - and I think some modern laptops better
that. (I think even some _'phones_ do") But then, I never had huge
resolutions when I was using desktop machines. Not to say I probably
wouldn't use if available - to some extent; at work, I used a 17" 4:3 -
some colleagues had bigger (such as 16:9 or dual; I never really felt
the need.

The thing that got me interested in laptops here was just recently seeing
those nice, thin, svelte laptops on display in a local store here, and kind
of "drooling" at them. But drooling at something that looks cool is one
thing, and actually using the thing, day in and day out, is another. But as
you said, each of us has their own likes and dislikes and preferences, as is
evident by the length of this thread. I guess the biggest deciding factor
is portability for most people, and how important that capability is to you.


And, as also evident from this thread, the amount of portability
required varies considerably; some use them on battery quite a lot, some
like me hardly at all.

For me it's the switching machines I don't like. Like you, I don't
travel much - I haven't taken a holiday as most would see one for years;
my holiday is usually visiting friends. I do like to use a - my -
computer when staying with them though, so like to take this machine
with me.
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