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laptops
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:01:41 -0500, Big Al wrote:
On 1/10/19 11:23 AM, Ken Blake wrote: I know that a lot of people are like J. P. Gilliver, and use a laptop in place of a desktop at home. But I can never understand why. I dropped the desktop for a laptop when laptops became more powerful, quite a few years ago. I have beside me a 4GB, and 2 2GB 2.5" USB power HDs. That's enough storage for anything I need. It would be enough storage for me too. But the amount of storage or memory or CPU speed aren't the only differences between laptops and desktops to me. There's also monitor size, keyboard, touchpad vs mouse, etc. Those are the important things to me. But we're all different, and have different needs, different likes and dislikes. I won't try to talk you into changing your mind. I'm also in my 70's and have back issues, I'm 81 and also have back problems. But fortunately I don't have them when sitting. I only get pain if I walk more than 15-20 minutes. don't play power games. I don't play an games on the computer, except for Chess and solitaire, both only very occasionally. Sitting at the desktop was not enjoyable anymore. Damn 'golden years' my foot! It's better than the alternative. Needing a quick lookup on Google was inconvenient on the desktop while my laptop just stands up beside my chair in sleep mode and is ready in seconds. I'm not sure why you find that more convenient on a laptop. I can do it on my desktop very quickly and easily, probably just as quickly and easily as you can on your laptop. |
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