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Old 05-01-2008, 11:08 AM   #34
aibarr
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To make a long story short, if you like computers and using them, don't get a laptop. Laptops are for casual users who don't know any better.
That'd kind of a rude statement. Laptops are, as one example, for people who take notes in class. I think I'd have looked mighty funny if I'd dragged in my desktop computer to class every day. They're also for people who are constantly on the road. I've had issues with fitting ginger ale and my MacBook on my tray table, I can't imagine what you must deal with when you take your desktop computer on a plane, let alone how the heck you get through airport security.

I'm not going to run ABAQUS on it or anything, but I do think there's a time and a place for laptops, and I think a blanket statement asserting ignorance on the part of anyone who thinks otherwise is kind of uncalled for.
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