Lately, I've been thinking a lot about switching to a laptop instead of this, what I can only call a machine, "desktop" PC. I've outlined the benefits and cons as below:
Benefits:
Portability. This is a big one for me. I've recently taken up a job that would be so much handier if I had a laptop, and I can't afford both a desktop and a laptop. The bonuses of having this and being able to simply walk to my brother's office, get a bit of work done and get out and have it all out of the way before I'm even home sounds heavenly. I've done it before for a bit and it was just so much better than waiting endlessly at a bus stop, getting home and then doing it all. Another bonus of portability is my love: Starbucks. I just *happen* to have access to my brother's totally free unlimited T-Mobile Hot Spot service details, which just so happens to be in every Starbucks on the planet.
Clutter. Or lack of. Speakers (okay I may need some eventually for even the laptop), keyboard, mouse, monitor, wheel, joystick, the main system itself, ethernet, not to mention an array of other peripherals. To have one quick unit to do it quickly, effectively, with the addition of portability, would be absolute bliss.
The not-so benefits:
Gaming. This is a big one for me, and I didn't go out of my way to go and buy a £120 Logitech G25 wheel to go and get a laptop. I do play a lot (but this may be a bad thing?) and I know sure as hell it'd be hard to give up. I could still admin and perhaps play a few games, but not much after that. rFactor would be a big miss for me. My tournaments and challenges, my wonderful wheel, it'd all be pretty devastating.
It will never be as powerful as my desktop. And I've adjusted to this level of power. Not much else to say.
Upgradability. Or lack of. Let's be realistic, I won't be able to do drastic upgrades ever. If I want new graphics, I'd need a new laptop and that wouldn't be very handy when I want to go and play the latest thriller. I know this would hurt me badly.
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An aesthetically pleasing laptop will of course be a big requirement. Bulkiness, things sticking out of it etc are all just a big fat "no". The likes of the MacBook or HP Pavilion series is that they nice looking, easy to use and are both generally pretty great (my brother's have both between them). So this is what I have been looking into, primarily the Pavilion seeing as quite a few of the applications I use are Windows only, and apparently Windows on a built-for Windows machine is better than it is on a mac-built machine (for obvious reasons, I'm sure).
Happy to listen to any suggestions, anyone who has the made the move, or even just anyone with a bit of knowledge in this area. I'll probably be spending no more than £800 or so on this so I'd like it to do me for a bit! If you are looking for one for me (why thank you), my main specifications are that it is widescreen, aesthetically pleasing (contemporary and thin, no big bulky things hanging out of the side etc!) and of course, Core 2 Duo processor. 2GB of RAM is expected naturally at this price range in laptops so I'd like to hope I wouldn't even have to ask.
Thanks in advance
Kyle
Benefits:
Portability. This is a big one for me. I've recently taken up a job that would be so much handier if I had a laptop, and I can't afford both a desktop and a laptop. The bonuses of having this and being able to simply walk to my brother's office, get a bit of work done and get out and have it all out of the way before I'm even home sounds heavenly. I've done it before for a bit and it was just so much better than waiting endlessly at a bus stop, getting home and then doing it all. Another bonus of portability is my love: Starbucks. I just *happen* to have access to my brother's totally free unlimited T-Mobile Hot Spot service details, which just so happens to be in every Starbucks on the planet.
Clutter. Or lack of. Speakers (okay I may need some eventually for even the laptop), keyboard, mouse, monitor, wheel, joystick, the main system itself, ethernet, not to mention an array of other peripherals. To have one quick unit to do it quickly, effectively, with the addition of portability, would be absolute bliss.
The not-so benefits:
Gaming. This is a big one for me, and I didn't go out of my way to go and buy a £120 Logitech G25 wheel to go and get a laptop. I do play a lot (but this may be a bad thing?) and I know sure as hell it'd be hard to give up. I could still admin and perhaps play a few games, but not much after that. rFactor would be a big miss for me. My tournaments and challenges, my wonderful wheel, it'd all be pretty devastating.
It will never be as powerful as my desktop. And I've adjusted to this level of power. Not much else to say.
Upgradability. Or lack of. Let's be realistic, I won't be able to do drastic upgrades ever. If I want new graphics, I'd need a new laptop and that wouldn't be very handy when I want to go and play the latest thriller. I know this would hurt me badly.
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An aesthetically pleasing laptop will of course be a big requirement. Bulkiness, things sticking out of it etc are all just a big fat "no". The likes of the MacBook or HP Pavilion series is that they nice looking, easy to use and are both generally pretty great (my brother's have both between them). So this is what I have been looking into, primarily the Pavilion seeing as quite a few of the applications I use are Windows only, and apparently Windows on a built-for Windows machine is better than it is on a mac-built machine (for obvious reasons, I'm sure).
Happy to listen to any suggestions, anyone who has the made the move, or even just anyone with a bit of knowledge in this area. I'll probably be spending no more than £800 or so on this so I'd like it to do me for a bit! If you are looking for one for me (why thank you), my main specifications are that it is widescreen, aesthetically pleasing (contemporary and thin, no big bulky things hanging out of the side etc!) and of course, Core 2 Duo processor. 2GB of RAM is expected naturally at this price range in laptops so I'd like to hope I wouldn't even have to ask.
Thanks in advance
Kyle