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Ike
4/21/2006, 01:54 PM
Seems laptops are more popular. not that thats news, but the first two sentences from this article made me go 'heh'.


A funny thing happened in May 2003; sales of laptop computers outpaced desktop computers for the first time, accounting for 54 percent of computer sales that month, according to an Associated Press article published in USA Today that July.

An even funnier thing happened in May of 2005: Laptop computers outsold desktop computers for the first time ... again. That was according to an Associated Press story that ran in USA Today last June with almost the same headline.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/computers/0,70688-0.html?tw=rss.index
yermom
4/21/2006, 02:06 PM
i know in the retail stores the laptops outsell the desktops, but the desktops are gaining more of a share lately

i have a hard time thinking i'd ever want to go without a desktop
OklahomaTuba
4/21/2006, 02:38 PM
I really want a powerbook.
BeetDigger
4/21/2006, 02:39 PM
One is portable, one isn't.

If your question is more complicated than that, I am of no help.
Ike
4/21/2006, 02:42 PM
I really want a powerbook.


personally, I like the toughbooks. mainly because I tend to abuse my computers.
yermom
4/21/2006, 02:43 PM
I really want a powerbook.

they are teh sweetness

and i have an old one (G4)
OklahomaTuba
4/21/2006, 02:43 PM
Computer abuse isn't right man.
yermom
4/21/2006, 02:44 PM
personally, I like the toughbooks. mainly because I tend to abuse my computers.

you have no idea what my first one went through

i'd put one up against a PC laptop any day for durability, especially the newer ones
OklahomaTuba
4/21/2006, 02:44 PM
they are teh sweetness

and i have an old one (G4)

I was thinking of just getting an older one off the net, just to hold me over until the newer stuff starts coming out.
Ike
4/21/2006, 02:51 PM
Computer abuse isn't right man.
hey, if they'd behave like they are supposed to, I wouldn't have to smack them
Ike
4/21/2006, 02:52 PM
you have no idea what my first one went through

i'd put one up against a PC laptop any day for durability, especially the newer ones


A buddy of mine has an older toughbook. I've seen him literally punt the thing while it was on and then continue to work.
yermom
4/21/2006, 03:24 PM
A buddy of mine has an older toughbook. I've seen him literally punt the thing while it was on and then continue to work.

holy crap those are expensive

how heavy are they?
Ike
4/21/2006, 03:30 PM
holy crap those are expensive

how heavy are they?

something like 8 pounds or so. he didn't seem to flinch at it. I figured he had done it before.
StoopTroup
4/21/2006, 06:07 PM
http://www.geektoys.org/foto/815.jpghttps://www.cfgctn.com/images/contentimages/toughbookcf73.png

The tablets I guess are real expensive...wow! +$3000.00?

http://image.bizrate.com/resize?sq=100&uid=325743886
jacru
4/21/2006, 09:58 PM
I prefer the top of a lap to the top of a desk... depending on the lap. ;)
Al Gore
4/21/2006, 10:15 PM
3 desktops and I spend 90% on my laptop.........
okienole3
4/21/2006, 11:04 PM
3 desktops and I spend 90% on my laptop.........

**** computers