Want to hear my thoughts on laptops and desktops??

I don't have any because I don't know what having a laptop is like. I do know desktops. I've had computers for over 25 years. My company sent me to IBM school when my company got the first computer and dot matrix printer.

I'll never forget that. Then I bought my own system for my house (Cost me over $3500) and that was 25 years ago. Good grief!!!!

Want to know what I really wish??

That Bobbi and Jo lived next door so I could LEARN LEARN LEARN!!!

lol lol lol lol lol

I want to be across the street !!

Want?? I NEED to be across the street.

( How do you make it impossible for people to move?)

What would strike me as humorous is if someone asks about the Adam computer, Melody . Do you - or anyone - remember those? It was the computer that actually wasn't. It didn't fare well after introduction into mainstream. Someone had bought me one; it was supposed to be my first ever computer. Nothing worked as it should. Then, again, it was bought at a (major) toy store. I still have the monitor (portable/rabbit-ear) TV and it works beautifully .


With my first real computer (a Mac), I realized, the things are put together pretty well. As long as someone has the O/S, drivers, vital apps., and important data either on installation CDs or backed up, a computer really cannot be hurt in a way that can't be fixed.

Whether the "vitals" come as a "bundle" (as in Mac) or as individual installation CDs, I "play" with everything on a drive - to see how things work, how to do things myself, and what not to do again .

In deciding on Desktop v. PC, it really depends on how it will be used, such as if portability, as someone mentioned, is a factor, preference, and other things.

I'd go to more than one place and look at several. I'd also go to places where the computers are booted early (in the day) and running for duration. I'd feel the keyboard/touchpad. (If it's running hotter than would seem ideal, that may not change when it's "home.")

If you have a laptop you want one with the newer processors (ie dual core). You definitely do not want one with an intel celeron. They use a lot of energy and get hot especially when the room is hot and the CPU is running at max like doing a scan or using your scanner/printer to make copies, etc. If all you do is surf the Internet and send emails they are fine (the celeron).


My laptop is off the surface. It has little spacers underneath to let the air flow better. However, I am having a problem now with the hot weather (I have a celeron). My husband's Dell laptop has a Pentium M sentrino processor and it runs really cool. When I get another laptop it will be similar to my husband's.

I've checked out the external fans and they raise my computer up too high to be comfortable the way I sit and where I have the computer. So no to that for me.

I'll never go back to a desktop. We had that years ago and laptops are the way to go for us. We don't have any problem with the keyboards on the laptops. Really easy to take along when you travel. In the end, it's whatever a person wants.

what about the commador? it was the same type of thing. lol. i had one.

gosh yes my boys got started with a brand new Commodore 64 1987 I think it was.
then an Amiga 128 {used}
then garage sales to find pc's that they could build and rebuild and spare parts too.. OMG so many parts -it was a real big thing to go to G sales on fridays...
but we all learned a lot that way.

oops sorry to get side tracked

Over 26 years ago we got our first computer (desktop) and with the programs and such it cost over $5,500.00. We got it for our business. It was an Apple 2 Plus. Worked great. Then we replaced it with an Apple 2 E. Great computer again for it's time. It got stolen and the thief was caught and we bought it back from the insurance company. He always wanted his own computer and liked ours as that's what he had used in prison prior to this incident

Our first laptop we bought in about 1995. It was an AST. It cost about $1,600.00. It had no CD Rom and only a .5 gig hard drive. It had Windows 95 OS. What a step up

Aside from a publisher or professional animator, I cannot begin to imagine why anyone would ever want a desktop again.

I have a peripheral keyboard at my work station along with an elevator for the laptop so it sits at an appropriate height. I have a mouse, printers, scanner, and an external harddrive for it too. When I want it to act like a desktop, it does. When I want to take it with me, I do.

When it's hot outdoors and I'm using it as a laptop, I have a very thick corkpad from the kitchen department that works beautifully and does not block the vents.

If you get a desktop, that's all you have and you're stuck. If you get a laptop, you can have the best of both worlds. No contest!

I use a desktop. I on the computer quite a few hours a day. I like a DT, because I can change things, monitor keyboard, or mouse.

One of the incredible members here has been trying to help me ... sending me great emails about laptops that would probably be right for me. Bless his big heart. Too big I have very little understanding. Bless my little brain.
A bit ago I had an epiphany ..........................
I need someone to say, "This is the computer you need....You need #pmq8910xyz from Harry's Hairy Brain Shop. Order it now and tell him you also want an open desk anti-flopper in the medium size. Get the dark green striped blanket to avoid mice. Don't forget to order before dawn"

Anyone want to help?