Desktop Replacements and the 11 Pound Pencil

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 7, 2006 @02:40AM from the that's-a-hefty-piece-of-lead dept.

Marco Ramius writes "Tom's Hardware Guide has an article up entitled 'Unwieldy Laptops or Portable Desktops?' in which the author lugs an Alienware Area-51m desktop replacement to a 32 hour LAN to assess what advantages and disadvantages desktop replacements have over desktops themselves." They also have a related article entitled The Case of the 11 Pound Pencil where an office adopts a desktop replacement solution to unsatisfactory ends. Both interesting looks at appropriate uses for hefty hardware.

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This reminds me of... by Mark_Uplanguage · 2006-03-07 02:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

...George Carlin's theory of stuff. I have a desktop computer at home, and then I go on vacation with my laptop, which I leave in my hotel room. I leave my hotel room with my PDA, which I leave in my car. My PDA stays in the car, and I bring a pencil and notepad to the park where I scribble my deep thoughts.

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