I would like to get a laptop--New! Shiny! Yay!--but I love the widescreen monitor I have, and I hate the keyboards on laptops. And touchpads are evil. It seems stupid to get a laptop then attach peripherals like a mouse and my ergonomic keyboard
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2009 12:00:23 pm PDT #14846 of 30001
brillig
Vortex - Oct 22, 2009 12:01:17 pm PDT #14847 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It seems stupid to get a laptop then attach peripherals like a mouse and my ergonomic keyboard
until you want to take it somewhere, and then it's GENIUS. You can also get a docking station to make it easier.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2009 12:27:49 pm PDT #14848 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love touchpads. But they suck for graphics, which I need to do.
Gudanov - Oct 22, 2009 12:33:47 pm PDT #14849 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I vacillate between getting a cheap laptop/netbook or not to supplement a relatively powerful desktop with a big monitor. Not this year anyway, maybe next year.
Tom Scola - Oct 22, 2009 12:40:31 pm PDT #14850 of 30001
hwæt
- MacBook Pro
- Mac Mini, attached to the TV
- Netbook running XP, mostly used to VPN to work
- A tiny little wall-wart Linux server
- iPhone
- Airport Router
- Epson printer/scanner
Oh, and my old PowerMac G5, sitting unused in the closet.
Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2009 12:53:21 pm PDT #14851 of 30001
brillig
A netbook would probably be perfect for me.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2009 1:40:58 pm PDT #14852 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ubuntu server, Powerbook, Vista box, a dissassembled something, most hard drives I've ever owned in anti-static bags whether they're broken or not, a network printer/scanner, a USB scanner, a large pen tablet, uncounted flash drives, three iPods and two smartphones but I can't find one of them, annoyingly. And a work laptop. In other junkie unnecessary acquisition I also have an Apple TV--peril of a friend at Apple, really. I didn't mean to get it.
sarameg - Oct 22, 2009 1:43:30 pm PDT #14853 of 30001
I just have my macbook pro. Once I get off my ass and put in the reqs for my work laptop, I'll have TWO macbook pros. And I'll probably keep my solaris box for a bit until I can completely migrate off it.
sarameg - Oct 22, 2009 1:46:04 pm PDT #14854 of 30001
In other news, I've decided my trashmen are complete morons. They didn't pick up my recycling AGAIN. This happens about once a month. I'm not gonna even bother calling since there's plenty of room in there for next week. But good god, I think they can't read. It's spray painted RECYCLING all over it. It was out at the curb.
Either that, or they are just assholes.
bon bon - Oct 22, 2009 2:11:36 pm PDT #14855 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
If a job application is going to an HR department, how bad is it to address the cover letter to "sir or madam"? Do I have an alternative? I think it's weird to call them up just to ask who to address it to, when they don't put the name in the job announcement.