Do you use a lap top (sometimes called notebook) computer for your writing or do use a desk top computer? I'll need to buy a new computer soon and I'd love to know what style most writers prefer. Thanks.
I'm sure the OP has made his choice since 2011.
Gotta love necro'ing threads...
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Like it! I have this fantasy where he hasn'tn been able to make his mind up since 2011. Just when he thinks he's got it nailed ... it's a laptop for sure ... someone will pop up and say how much they love their phablet and he's back to square one.
It's funny, these IBM keyboards without the keypads now sell for more than ever. I actually found a second one a month ago. These things may well end up funding my retirement.After our desktop died about 10 years ago, we started getting laptops. They're so much more versatile. A desktop is like a boat anchor tying you to one spot. Although laptops tend to be slightly less long lived because of the constant banging around.
As far as keyboards, I always get the large screen laptops and they not only come with fullsized keyboards, but even have a number pad. So I don't have typing issues.
I'm way behind the times, still have the netbook I bought four years ago. It's getting rather slow surfing the net, but I suspect that's more version and software bloat of later Firefox versions than the XP installation going wonky. All my other software (that I have NOT updated) runs just as fast as ever. But for surfing on the run I feel the need a new laptop.Like it! I have this fantasy where he hasn'tn been able to make his mind up since 2011. Just when he thinks he's got it nailed ... it's a laptop for sure ... someone will pop up and say how much they love their phablet and he's back to square one.
Mind you, my wife and I did have a strange experience today of using no fewer than six different computing devices in the space of a couple of hours - two smart phones, one i-pad, one desktop pc and two laptops. And then our son announced that his laptop wasn't fast enough to play minecraft on and could we upgrade it for him...?
Desktops as consumer devices were starting to die years ago, and with the high demand for laptops, smartphones and those tablet-things, about the only use of these "desktop" things will be in data centers as servers.
Not even remotely my experience after a decade of laptop-only, every day.... actually using it as a laptop is physically debilitating.
And to throw into the mix how about those convertable tablets that act like a laptop, you can then remove the keyboard and poof it's a tablet.
I have to admit I like the lenova yoga laptop and am considering purcashing one, I'm the person who WOULD lose the keyboard! But I need something I can also draw on, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition (Jellybean 4.3)
Just wondered if anyone was writing from a tablet?