What should I get ? LAPTOP or DESKTOP?

[Murd]

do you have them synchronize when you get home every night? Then maybe!

I've got 3 running computers, 1 with 2 monitors, a laptop, enough parts in my garage to put 2-3 low end systems together, and for some reason, a Pentium 2 dual CPU motherboard I bought for no reason really....

 

[ChadMKIII]

I've got a computer in the living room, one in the back room, a laptop, the car pc in the Supra, and a Blackberry with internet access. Am I a nerd now?

I'm 16 and have a Windows desktop, Macintosh laptop, PocketPC w/ WiFi & Bluetooth and GPS, Chocolate phone w/ Bluetooth headset, and.....oh, wait....you were being facetious.
Well, you're pretty close to being a nerd.

So what's the decision???

 

[bigaaron]

Ok, well I can remote control any of the pc's from any other pc in the house, or from the car parked out in the street. How about now, nerdness acheived? Oh yeah, I have a Dell x50v too! I almost forgot.

I'm 16 and have a Windows desktop, Macintosh laptop, PocketPC w/ WiFi & Bluetooth and GPS, Chocolate phone w/ Bluetooth headset, and.....oh, wait....you were being facetious.

Oh yeah....... well I'm 32 and I bought all of mine without asking for extra allowance money! :icon_razz :biglaugh:

 

[Murd]

Ok, well I can remote control any of the pc's from any other pc in the house, or from the car parked out in the street. How about now, nerdness acheived? Oh yeah, I have a Dell x50v too! I almost forgot.



Oh yeah....... well I'm 32 and I bought all of mine without asking for extra allowance money! :icon_razz :biglaugh:

PCAnywhere? I like screwing with people at work using that :icon_razz

 

[swaq]

Ok, well I can remote control any of the pc's from any other pc in the house, or from the car parked out in the street. How about now, nerdness acheived? Oh yeah, I have a Dell x50v too! I almost forgot.



Oh yeah....... well I'm 32 and I bought all of mine without asking for extra allowance money! :icon_razz :biglaugh:

Remote Desktop, SSH, VNC, or something else?

 

[bigaaron]

vnc and remote desktop, you got it! Computers are fun!

 

[swaq]

Yep. When I was working at IBM I would remote desktop back to my home computer and VNC into various servers at work. I think I was one of the only people on our team who really used SSH much though, as everyone else pretty much only used VNC. I still need to set up VNC with my Mac, I just haven't had time.

 

[trucker]

laptop is always better than des.....

oh crap, you guys are talking about computers....

sorry

 

[JMDigital]

Ok.. Here is what I got. I went to the COMPUSA 10pm sale.

Laptop
HP PAVILION DV9000
Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5200; 1.6GHz
2GIG DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (discrete 256MB)
160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
LightScribe Super Multi 8x DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
17" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1440x900)
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 1 Headphone out w/SPDIF Digital Audio 1 microphone-in 1 Expansion Port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR 1 HDMI
Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Connector); high speed 56k modem
HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
Windows Vista

 

[swaq]

Ok.. Here is what I got. I went to the COMPUSA 10pm sale.

Laptop
HP PAVILION DV9000
Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5200; 1.6GHz
2GIG DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (discrete 256MB)
160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
LightScribe Super Multi 8x DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
17" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1440x900)
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 1 Headphone out w/SPDIF Digital Audio 1 microphone-in 1 Expansion Port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR 1 HDMI
Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Connector); high speed 56k modem
HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
Windows Vista

^^^ I'm sorry. Everything else looks fine except that you should have got gigabit ethernet.

 

[JMDigital]

^^^ I'm sorry. Everything else looks fine except that you should have got gigabit ethernet.

The network port is an Intel pro/1000 . oops. Must have pasted the wrong info there. I did a properties to check it. It is Pro/1000

 

[swaq]

The network port is an Intel pro/1000 . oops. Must have pasted the wrong info there. I did a properties to check it. It is Pro/1000

Okay, that's good. I wouldn't expect any new computer that's worth its salt to come without gigabit.

 

[ChadMKIII]

Oh yeah....... well I'm 32 and I bought all of mine without asking for extra allowance money! :icon_razz :biglaugh:

:cry: wned:
I do need a job.....badly......lol.

Anyways, JM, how do you like the feel of Vista? I've had the beta sitting around waiting to be installed since practically the day they released it to TechNet subscribers. I've just been too busy to install. I'm sure the license wouldn't be valid anymore, so w/e.....
I'm curious what I missed out on UI-wise.

 

[JMDigital]

:cry: wned:
I do need a job.....badly......lol.

Anyways, JM, how do you like the feel of Vista? I've had the beta sitting around waiting to be installed since practically the day they released it to TechNet subscribers. I've just been too busy to install. I'm sure the license wouldn't be valid anymore, so w/e.....
I'm curious what I missed out on UI-wise.

Well ive really only sat with it for about 30min total. with work I dont get alot of time to mess with the new stuff. I can say that alot of things got either moved or changed names. It took a min to realize some of the changes. Be carefull what you choose to "un-install" I removed WORKS and lost the microsoft email program somehow?? it also messed up the internet explorer icon and yahoo toolbar seems to be attached to everything? after messing with it for a liittle bit I spent most of the time doing a system restore. I made the 2 dvd's to be able to restore it to how it shipped. Now its all back and I am not going to remove any microsoft pre installed programs. I will get more into it over the weekend. It seems good so far.

 

[Murd]

Ok.. Here is what I got. I went to the COMPUSA 10pm sale.

Laptop
HP PAVILION DV9000
Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5200; 1.6GHz
2GIG DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (discrete 256MB)
160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
LightScribe Super Multi 8x DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
17" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1440x900)
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 1 Headphone out w/SPDIF Digital Audio 1 microphone-in 1 Expansion Port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR 1 HDMI
Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Connector); high speed 56k modem
HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
Windows Vista

Excellent laptop! Friend of mine has the exact same one, except it has windows XP on it. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay?