"First of all, a laptop doesn't take as much space as a desktop"
Suggest you should take a look at Shuttle XPCs.
"As for ergonomics, the full-size screen of a sony vaio is immensely comfortable, and a 15" screen is quite generous"
You're suggesting laptops are ergonomical? Do you realize, because the screen and the keyboard are not detachable on most laptops, that it is impossible to maintain an ergonomical setup with laptops? Placing your laptop low and you are killing your neck while comforting your arm. Placing it too high you are killing your arm instead. You just can't have both your neck and your arm in a correct position because the screen and the keyboard of your laptop are attached too closed together.
Oh and don't get me started on using those horribly jam-packed laptop keyboard.
You should visit here to learn the ergonomic pitfalls of your laptop.
"As for upgradeability, I have a Belkin 7-port USB hub, and i can daisy chain that to have 127 USB ports if i want to"
As if I cannot hook up 127 USB ports on a desktop?
"or rest it on my stomach with an empty A4 sized folder attached to it with a thick rubber band, amazingly they're exactly the same width"
Truely *amazing* point. Makes me feel bad about my desktop not matching A4 folder size.
No we are using GSM system Hong Kong. The cell phone unit is being de-coupled from the service account (i.e. the SIM card). We are allowed to swap the SIM card into whatever GSM-compliant phone we can get, therefore the issue you folks are having in the States (CDMA right?) does not exist in Hong Kong at all.
Other nice "features" about GSM:
1. Be a phone geek. Imagine you bought a new phone last month. doesn't like it now? or you find yourself in love with the latest model coming out this month? sure just go get the new phone and swap your SIM card in.
2. 2nd hand phone market. Here we have plenty of 2nd hand dealers everywhere. selling your phone's faster than typing up your auction item on Ebay.
3. Backup unit. Personally I keep an extra, older phone in my drawer, just in case my primary phone fails, again, just swap in the SIM card and you're set.
I think for those of you folks in the States, you should seek to switch to GSM carriers. GSM gives you more freedom.
Oh and here's how easy it is to move from Carrier A to Carrier B in Hong Kong:
1. you go to Carrier B
2. sign up
3. authorize Carrier B to issue a number transfer request to Carrier A.
4. go back to Carrier A and ask them to terminate the service.
In 2000 I paid hkd$298 a month to my carrier.
Today I'm paying $168.
Currently waiting for my contract to expire so that I can move to another carrier that offers unlimited GPRS usage
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We have 1000Mbps plans (Chinese) here already What's the big deal about Finland getting 100Mbps?
Here's a review of one of those beautiful fanless machines running media center 2005. Could this be the perfect media center box?
What? Media Center 2005?
Not a bloody chance this can be a PERFECT box
"First of all, a laptop doesn't take as much space as a desktop"
Suggest you should take a look at Shuttle XPCs.
"As for ergonomics, the full-size screen of a sony vaio is immensely comfortable, and a 15" screen is quite generous"
You're suggesting laptops are ergonomical? Do you realize, because the screen and the keyboard are not detachable on most laptops, that it is impossible to maintain an ergonomical setup with laptops? Placing your laptop low and you are killing your neck while comforting your arm. Placing it too high you are killing your arm instead. You just can't have both your neck and your arm in a correct position because the screen and the keyboard of your laptop are attached too closed together.
Oh and don't get me started on using those horribly jam-packed laptop keyboard.
You should visit here to learn the ergonomic pitfalls of your laptop.
"As for upgradeability, I have a Belkin 7-port USB hub, and i can daisy chain that to have 127 USB ports if i want to"
As if I cannot hook up 127 USB ports on a desktop?
"or rest it on my stomach with an empty A4 sized folder attached to it with a thick rubber band, amazingly they're exactly the same width"
Truely *amazing* point. Makes me feel bad about my desktop not matching A4 folder size.
No we are using GSM system Hong Kong. The cell phone unit is being de-coupled from the service account (i.e. the SIM card). We are allowed to swap the SIM card into whatever GSM-compliant phone we can get, therefore the issue you folks are having in the States (CDMA right?) does not exist in Hong Kong at all.
Other nice "features" about GSM:
1. Be a phone geek. Imagine you bought a new phone last month. doesn't like it now? or you find yourself in love with the latest model coming out this month? sure just go get the new phone and swap your SIM card in.
2. 2nd hand phone market. Here we have plenty of 2nd hand dealers everywhere. selling your phone's faster than typing up your auction item on Ebay.
3. Backup unit. Personally I keep an extra, older phone in my drawer, just in case my primary phone fails, again, just swap in the SIM card and you're set.
I think for those of you folks in the States, you should seek to switch to GSM carriers. GSM gives you more freedom.
Oh and here's how easy it is to move from Carrier A to Carrier B in Hong Kong:
1. you go to Carrier B
2. sign up
3. authorize Carrier B to issue a number transfer request to Carrier A.
4. go back to Carrier A and ask them to terminate the service.
In 2000 I paid hkd$298 a month to my carrier.
Today I'm paying $168.
Currently waiting for my contract to expire so that I can move to another carrier that offers unlimited GPRS usage