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My desktop machine is quite big and fast and has two large screens. I could not do real work on a laptop, it would be a bit frustrating.
I use a little department laptop on business trips just to write stuff down. I am not allowed to take my work stuff offsite anyway.
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I've long since switched my home machine to a laptop, but use it as a regular desktop - i.e. I use a full-size keyboard, external mouse and a 24" 1920x1200 panel. I also keep most of my data on an external USB drive. Having a laptop allows me to take my life (email, source code, docs) with me on the few occasions that I travel during the year.
I'm curious how many CPians use a laptop but not its keyboard, mouse and screen.
/ravi
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17 inch Laptop-BT Mouse-BT Keyboard-24 inch panel
That is absolutely what it's all about over here. I also have a panel/keyboard/mouse waiting out at the beach.
I do love the two-screen world.
Chris
Do we weigh less at high tide?
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Likewise 17 inch laptop with 24 inch panel, mouse and keyboard on a docking station with a 1TB external DD for backups, ready to go see clients at any moment.
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I use a laptop as my primary machine much like you do (with external keyboard/mouse/monitor), but I also use it by itself a lot because it's just so convenient. All my big files are on a file server that I can access wirelessly.
Though I do miss the relatively cheap power of a desktop. Next time I'm gonna go with a powerful desktop and a cheap laptop.
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If you go with the cheap laptop, you can always remote to the desktop.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
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Yep, Same.
Laptop is up on a dock on the corner of the desk, LCD's and wireless keyboard / mouse make it feel like a desktop and are a must as my lappy is super tiny (Dell Latitude E5400), good for working on a plane in transit, but bad as a main screen. I bring my monitor / keyboard & mice on trips, as coding in the hotel is painful on just the laptop.
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I like your super duper cool website.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I'm curious how many CPians use a laptop but not its keyboard, mouse and screen.
I use my laptop as a desktop, with a separate keyboard and mouse, but I use the laptop screen (17") and a 24" panel. The dual screen combo is fantastic.
Marc
Will work for food.
Interacx
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I've always wanted to be able to use my laptop's 1920x1200 natice screen (it's very sharp and my eyes are [thankfully!] still good!) but have been unable to position the laptop close enough to my full-size keyboard. I even tried crafting a stand from an empty laptop box, but it didn't work out too well.
I'd kill for a laptop that came with a real, full-size (i.e. 20" wide) keyboard!
/ravi
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I still prefer development on desktop machines with a good keyboard and big monitors. For office work (meetings, specs, e-mail), I use a 17" Dell laptop. At home again a desktop - it is hard to find a good laptop under 500 USD
I also have a netbook, but it is really good only for travel. The screen and the keyboard are just too small for productive work.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: also have a netbook, but it is really good only for travel. The screen and the keyboard are just too small for productive work.
but good for gaming
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flash is not real gaming.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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How do you keep all your data in sync between your computers?
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I use the beast when the comfort of my buttocks is given higher consideration than that of my fingers.
Oh, yeah - and when I need to relocate for some reason or another.
Ramble Initiated:
Observation: The new generation (i.e., my spawn) don't have land-line phones, and similarly (it seems) don't have desktop PCs. I could account for it, to some extent, as a need for mobility. Now, I think it's a lack of appreciation of what it is they're missing.
Then, too, most people don't have as many PCs laying around the house as "We of Code Project" are likely to have.
:Ramble completed
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
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..these days laptops are powerful enough for anything
peace & serenity
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My dual GTX 280M work like a charm in my laptop, so I don't see the point of your argument there...
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Yes, but unfortunately NOT ALL laptops are equipped with such powerful GPU...
Bye By(t)e
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Wow, really??? Thanks for letting me know! I thought ALLLLL laptops had powerful cards... Seriously I realize that... I' simply pointing out that there ARE laptops out there that CAN run powerful games or multimedia apps out there. LOL!!!
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For a given price, you can always buy desktop pc that is faster than a laptop, especially in terms of disk speeds. This makes a significant difference to build times during development. So I reluctantly use our "high spec" laptops for development only when forced to develop off site.
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I regularly use a desktop PC through RDP: enough power, but the flexibility to work at any place that has an internet connection.
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Try connecting 4 screens to your laptop without much hassle or problems or extra external hardware
Yes laptops have gotten to be close to being as powerful (at least the decant one's and not the 'throw away' laptops that go for 300€) but I still prefer the desktop.
More scalability and such.
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If you are doing development, that is not too hard these days, as long as you are not looking for great graphics performance (or even good...). They have some not back USB and whatever-the-new-PCMCIA-replacment-is-called dongles for it.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
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