Desk top replacement

[Neil Winchurst]

Eric Lee Elliott wrote:
>> So I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations or comments re
>> laptops to replace our desktops.
> 
> Been there, done that years ago when laptops became more reliable than 
> desktops.  A laptop got keyboard & monitor from desktop.  All the 
> external drives & accessories continue to be used without a desktop.
> 
> If I was a gamer, if I had some need for performance that cost $700 in a 
> desktop & $2100 in a laptop, my choice would be desktop.
> 
Neither my brother nor I has the slightest interest in games.

> My oldest lappy, from 2005, can do all I need plus it plays DVDs 
> stretched on external monitor to 24.5" @ 1920 X 1200.
> 
> I do not miss noise, heat & extra electric use of a desktop.
> Maybe if I wanted to decrypt a blue-ray DVD while watching, more compute 
> capability would be needed?  All my DVDs are decrypted to HDD, then 
> played later, so I have not wanted more computer.
> 
> The other great hardware change here was quitting ink jet printers.  A 
> Samsung CL315 laser printer just keeps printing.  This is my second year 
> without buying any printer supplies.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
Thanks, I take that as saying the the idea of moving over to a laptop is
a good idea.

Neil