Depends what you want. You can get a halfway-decent laptop for that nowadays, or a much better desktop. Does you mother want portability?
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Consuela - Apr 27, 2011 1:24:18 pm PDT #16627 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2011 1:37:11 pm PDT #16628 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to get her to commit. She's given me prices for about ... checks $900 of laptop or desktop. For the desktop, she gets 1TB storage, 21" monitor, similar processors and memory and applications to the laptop which has 14.5" monitor and half as much storage. But the laptop does have HD.
Liese S. - Apr 27, 2011 2:32:01 pm PDT #16629 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I went laptop for my desktop replacement years ago and never looked back. Over. I mean, technically I still have the desktop, because I am a geek and surely I will build a media server out of it lo these many years.
But anymore, laptops are way powerful enough to do pretty much anything I need them to, so the portability ends up being a big plus. If your mom wouldn't actually sling it in a backpack and haul it somewhere, not necessarily worthwhile, though. My mom has a laptop, strictly for carrying it into the living room while my dad's watching tv, or setting up Skype with us all huddled around the dining room table.
Consuela - Apr 27, 2011 2:52:41 pm PDT #16630 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I love having a laptop even if just for the ease of watching television while surfing (or writing LJ comments). I won't go back to a desktop. It's also better for my back, really.
Connie Neil - Apr 27, 2011 3:28:13 pm PDT #16631 of 25501
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I'd like a laptop, but I despise the keyboards and the touch pads, so I always need auxiliary keyboards and mice, so I might as well stay desktop.
Liese S. - Apr 27, 2011 3:30:10 pm PDT #16632 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
This last upgrade (love! sparkly hearts!) solved my last problem because it's so big it incorporates a separate ten-key. I am so much faster on ten key.
Zenkitty - Apr 30, 2011 3:37:13 pm PDT #16633 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So I have an HDTV and a new DVD player and they're connected with big cables with three ends, and I still don't have an HD picture. I got a better picture with my old Zenith tv from 1995, which I'm sorely tempted to go back to.
What am I doing wrong this time?
Jessica - Apr 30, 2011 3:47:44 pm PDT #16634 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Can you be more specific about the cables? Are you using component (red, blue, green) or HDMI (big with a flattish connector)?
I have an iPad 2. What apps do I want? (Other than what I've already ported from my iPhone, that is. And it's wifi only, so I don't need anything "mobile")
Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2011 3:51:48 pm PDT #16635 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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-t - Apr 30, 2011 3:55:05 pm PDT #16636 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Be sure and check under "Genius" in the App Store for iPad upgrades from your iPhone apps.