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Noooooooooooo!! *dies*
So, the screen died on my troublesome Toshi which means I will probably be a little sporadic over the next few weeks because while my work laptop is excellent, I also hate lugging it home on the train everyday so will be without computer off and on.
The Toshi I have has been nothing but a pain in the arse and since my extended warranty is with the store rather than the brand, I'm thinking if it's a case of replacement, I will go with something completely different. I'm also thinking desktop because I have my work lappie which is very new and splinky and an office model so lovely and reliable if I need something portable and the good thing about being in such a big company is the asset is yours rather than belonging to the job, so my laptop moves with me, even if I change positions.
You can get really teeny cute desktops now and considering they are MUCH cheaper... I'm thinking that's the way to go...
Also, my Toshi was huge and with a wide screen so pretty much as portable as a desktop anyway considering it weighed a frelling metric ton.
I can still watch dvds in bed with my work lappie and that's pretty much the only requirement I had for a portable computer. Oh, and writing... heh.
The Toshi I have has been nothing but a pain in the arse and since my extended warranty is with the store rather than the brand, I'm thinking if it's a case of replacement, I will go with something completely different. I'm also thinking desktop because I have my work lappie which is very new and splinky and an office model so lovely and reliable if I need something portable and the good thing about being in such a big company is the asset is yours rather than belonging to the job, so my laptop moves with me, even if I change positions.
You can get really teeny cute desktops now and considering they are MUCH cheaper... I'm thinking that's the way to go...
Also, my Toshi was huge and with a wide screen so pretty much as portable as a desktop anyway considering it weighed a frelling metric ton.
I can still watch dvds in bed with my work lappie and that's pretty much the only requirement I had for a portable computer. Oh, and writing... heh.
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Very sad to hear you will be sporadic. I just realized today there is less than a month until ucp_ficathons are due! Yipes! :)
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Anyway, enough with my handwaving. Sorry.
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Heh... I have my computer set up at the kitchen counter (that's the only place the cable would go... *sigh*) and teev is right behind me...
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Go with dell. They offer warranties up the yin-yang *curses herself for spending so much time with her parents* fo all of their PCs. *bought an extremely decent notebook from them for a good price, and knows they have desktops at even better prices*
Psst! It was the evil monkey! He killed your screen!
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- to the kitchen (watch "Siege II" while chopping onions)
- to the living room (reboot fileservers during "Allies")
- to bed (still sentimental about that 1st weekend spent with McShep fic)
It's good to have choices... I happen to have a ThinkPad, which has been very reliable and I do cart it back and forth to work a few times a month. You may want to consider a Powerbook. I know it isn't a PC, but it's very versatile and my SO takes his everywhere and pounds it to death. Not to mention nice graphics support.
So, Toshi, R.I.P. and now I'll stop rambling.
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I must admit, i don't cart my laptop around much at all... so it's probably much of a muchness for me to get a desktop this time...