Do you own a Notebook/Laptop?

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I have a system I built that I use for most things and a really nice Thinkpad I use for my creative things.

Same here. :thumbsup:

 

[Chiropteran]

I despise high-end laptops, I think they are a huge waste of money and no matter how much you pay you always get something sub-par compared to a cheap desktop.

That said, I have a Dell Vostro 1000 that I paid $399 for so I have something to use when traveling, to use at meetings at work, and just a general secondary PC. I don't believe there is anything a $2000 laptop can do that my cheapo can't.

 

[tfinch2]

My only machine currently is a Macbook.

 

[StevenYoo]

I use a desktop as my main rig.

I also own an HP TX2000 tablet pc

 

[grrl]

2 desktops. I currently have no need for a laptop.

 

[herm0016]

laptop for presentations, bringing to school, traveling. i use my desktop for most everything else.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Juked07
Did anyone build their laptop?

I thought about it, but I just couldn't come close to the deal on the Gateway P6831FX earlier this year.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I had an XPS laptop for a little more than a year, but it just sat on my desk, and it turned into a desktop as I added a separate keyboard, mouse, monitor, and speakers. It was also rather heavy and large, and the videocard with the high resolution LCD started to become inadequate. I sold it and built two other better desktops instead.

 

[lokiju]

I have 5 laptops and 5 desktops.

I regularly use 2 of my laptops and 2 of my desktops.

I keep 1 laptop out at the couch in the living room and 1 in my bedroom by the bed.

I have 1 tower that's host my ftp/website/file server and a Mac Mini I screw around with.

 

[microAmp]

Currently have Dell Inspiron 6000 that I got from the $750 off $1500 several years ago. I now want a Dell 1330 but don't feel like shelling out the money for it.

 

[ZOXXO]

Two. One used as a backup/guest machine. The other as a digital photo frame.

 

[seemingly random]

Have had various laptops/luggables since the late 80s. Always have desktops for serious work though. Having to dick with the battery is always a pain - always thinking, "do I have time for this one more thing or is the computer going to die". Therefore, the laptops are usually on a/c power and except for portability, would rather use a desktop. Also have become addicted to multi-monitor setups.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: LS8

Originally posted by: Colt45
I have an oldass IBM T23. just for travel.

Those old IBMs will live forever. I have a T21, T23 and a 600E!

Yeah really. It's built like a brick shithouse. I could bludgeon intruders with it.

 

[imported_Imp]

Nope. Never had one, might get one in the future. Regardless, I have a 24" monitor and don't think I can ever go back to teeny weeny 15/17" 5:4 display just for portability.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I got a Macbook. I don't care for desktops but I do want a Mac Pro or a iMac.

 

[Brainonska511]

My notebook is my only computer - an Asus W3J (14"). I wouldn't mind going back to a desktop one day, but if I was going to do that, I'd still want a laptop for when I need to be somewhere else.

 

[Asparagus]

2 laptops, 1 desktop. Just bought the 2nd laptop in order to dedicate the desktop to my husband's flight simulation hobby.

 

[skyking]

Mine is for work. I program PBX systems, voicemail systems, switches, routers etc.
It is a dell D610, the last one with a real serial port.

 

[looker001]

Yes, Laptop is my primary pc. Desktop is my secondary p.c.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I have a system I built that I use for most things and a really nice Thinkpad I use for my creative things.

I just bought a T60 to replace my T40/old athlon tower

*hugs the Thinkpad*

 

[foghorn67]

Bought a used IBM T30, great for web surfing at the coffee shop since the two batteries got about 4-5 hours use of web surfing. (If I didn't watch too many Youtube vids. That seemed to shave off battery life considerably.)
Gave that away to my friend's sister, who is down on her luck.
Just got a Dell crapspiron that has been working nicely. Love the screen.
At home, I have a desktop that I recently built, and a budget HTPC based on the AMD 780G. Thanks General Hardware Forum for the help.
If things work out, I want a MSI Wind or the Dell that is going to compete with that form factor.

 

[heymrdj]

Primary machine is my HP DV9550t. Server 1 is Athlon X2 4400+ overclocked to 2.93Ghz, Server 2 is Dell a dell with a 2.53Ghz P4, and server 3 is a Athlon K6 250Mhz .

 

[SlickSnake]

Originally posted by: S Freud
Yep, I'm typing this response on it.

This. A dual-core ACER Extensa.


And I have a main rig I game on, and another rig that the mobo died on I need to part out, and most of the stuff to build a quad core rig and I never got around to finishing it.

 

[SlickSnake]

Originally posted by: Baked
Only purpose I can think of in owning a laptop is to look at porn in bed, so I never got one.

This.

Oh, so where do you look at porn? In the living room in front of the pets? Or at the library with the winos? Where?

 

[MotionMan]

You need another answer: I use my laptop for work and my desktop at home.

My wife uses a laptop as her primary computer.

My kids use a desktop.

MotionMan