On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:03:31 -0500, BAR wrote:


The only consideration is if you are a serious gamer or musicer.

Gaming keeps me making my own.
And I like big honking cases for cooling and easy component swaps,
though recent chips run cooler. I could probably fit a dozen laptaps
in my main PC case.
Not too good for a boat though. When I get the boat I'll be looking
at laptops.
Don't know much about Macs. When I worked IT at McDonalds
marketing they were using Macs, but they got pushed off them.
It was a pain converting data back and forth.
People get attached to the tech they're using, much like they get
attached to car brands.
Don't know how many times I heard crap from Mac fans about how
MS "stole" stuff from the Mac OS. Recycle bin for one.
Think MACs were a better bet for college kids when the OS was more
reliable than Win9x. But after XP came along that edge became less.
Still got one of my girls a Mac laptop for university when she did an
overseas program, because that's what she wanted and she said the
school folks recommended it. No sense fighting hall there.

--Vic