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Old January 10th 19, 06:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:43:01 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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In message , Ken Blake
writes:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:05:58 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

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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.



I'll add five concerns to that. In no particular order:

1. Small screen. On my desktop I use two 24" monitors and wish I had a
third one.


We obviously computer in different ways.




As almost any two people do.


I am not a software engineer,
so don't need lots of compiler windows. I _do_ have ten things open on
here at the moment, including two browsers, but find Alt-Tabbing not a
problem; YMMV.

2. Increased likelihood of being lost or stolen.

3. Increased danger of being dropped and broken,


Can't argue with either of those.

4. Increased cost of being repaired.

5. So difficult to upgrade that it's more likely the whole computer
has to be replaced.


True. I change computers sufficiently rarely (I think "cold dead hands"
might enter into it) that I generally do anyway. (Car ditto.)

It's because of Bill's three concerns and my five that I never
understand why someone chooses to use a laptop at home instead of a
desktop. But as I said in another message a few minutes ago, more and
more people are doing it, and if I'm not in the minority yet, I soon
will be. I wouldn't be surprised if, within a few years, only laptops
are sold and not desktops.

Or only tablets and smartphones. Or, possibly, only desktops and
tablets/smartphones - dektops for "serious" users, and the rest - even
we semi-"serious" - will be _stuck_ with the toys.
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When travelling, a Chromebook is more than sufficient.



For me, as I just said in another message, my smart phone is
sufficient. And it's smaller and lighter than your Chromebook.

Yes. I've never really got to grips with using either, but I know that's
me, not them. (The odd times I've tried to use either my smartphone
[Android 4.2.2] or my friends' iPhones, I've found the way they work to
be sufficiently different from Windows [and each other!] as to be
incredibly frustrating. I'm too old - and I'm only 58.)
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Not to mention that it's very difficult to travel with a monitor,
keyboard, and mouse.


Though I used to do so!

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