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Poll: Should I get a laptop or tower for work?

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kgraeme

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I need a new PC at work and I don't get to build it. I'm trying to decide between a laptop and a tower. With a laptop, I would be get a docking station and run it through a 19" monitor, so display size isn't really an issue. It seems to really come down to price, portability and expandability.

Tasks: Web dev with Dreamweaver and ColdFusion Studio. Oracle tools. Fireworks, Photoshop and Flash.

I currently have a 300MHz Celeron laptop that is a bit slow, and a G4 Mac that's a couple years old. As a designer I've spent most of my time on the Mac for graphics and will still do the cross-platform thing, but I don't have any issues with running Photoshop on the PC either.

I have computers at home, so it's not like I need a laptop to take home, but there are other uses like client presentations.

The tower would probably be a Dell since that's what we buy at work. The laptop could be Dell or could be something else if I really want it. If I could build a box I wouldn't be asking here.

Decisions, decisions. Anyone have opinions?
 
For the apps you use i'd probably go with a tower. you can get a MUCH faster tower system for the same price as a decent laptop.

Guess you just have to figure out if you *really* need something you can take to client presentations....
 
"For the apps you use i'd probably go with a tower. you can get a MUCH faster tower system for the same price as a decent laptop.

Guess you just have to figure out if you *really* need something you can take to client presentations.... "

I agree.

 
Okay, so the two comments are for the tower, but the votes are basically neck and neck. Anybody from the laptop camp want to chime in on suggestions for a good laptop?
 


<< Okay, so the two comments are for the tower, but the votes are basically neck and neck. Anybody from the laptop camp want to chime in on suggestions for a good laptop? >>



i'm not from the laptop camp, but i was , i'd probably go with something like a dell inspiron 8000 series
 
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