tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12958816.post1086115880982423265..comments2024-02-04T19:48:35.687-08:00Comments on MidlifeRambler: Free The Hostage.Dlaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521734646859607687noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12958816.post-87746308334643790762008-03-05T18:01:00.000-08:002008-03-05T18:01:00.000-08:00People who want a laptop are lured by this mythica...People who want a laptop are lured by this mythical freedom of gleefully working from the couch or deckchair. That's what the people in the commercials are doing.<BR/><BR/>Reality hits hard. Talk to the guy who spent twice the normal cost of a computer just to get some powerless, frail little theft-magnet that always needs to be plugged-in anyway -- either to charge the battery or to get secure internet access. <BR/><BR/>Unless you find yourself waiting for an airplane, boat or train more than once a month, you DO NOT need a laptop, and unfortunately you're fooling yourself that you need one. I say this as a laptop owner and long-time steady user of computers and maintainer of networks, who has an old and new laptop and just priced out a new desktop to replace his frail laptop. Even travelling 3-6 days out of 30 and working two <I>computer-based</I> jobs, I do not need a laptop.<BR/><BR/>But go get your dell -- make it a dell if you must. In two years I'll be around to help price out your new desktop, and I can help immediately with a slim USB network device to use when you, like me, get your second unit from FShop to replace the blatantly DOA first unit, only to find the onboard NIC is busted and they claim you broke it.Lunchboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494086212866152289noreply@blogger.com