NewWriter

How many of you use both a laptop and a desktop? Im useing a desktop right now and looking at getting a laptop also.

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regina_verbae

A total case of pros and cons.

Laptop keyboards are not made to make typing easy. They're made to fit into a small space. You're fingers will get cramped, and I guarantee you'll make more typos than ever before. I also hate the finger mouse pad. Bleh. A laptop is also a big hassle when you consider the battery issue, the wireless issue, and the printing issue.

Still, a desktop cannot travel, at least not regularly. If you're on the road a lot and hate the old paper and pencil routine, a laptop would make sense. And don't forget the coolness factor of the laptop. Teehee.

My advice would be that if you don't travel much or don't mind using paper, use the money you would have spent on a laptop to buy an ultra-comfy computer chair. I'd like one in which I could curl up and sit Indian-style. I have yet to see anything that big and mushy. I might have to invent it. The stationary computer can't be beat for functionality, but a swivel chair will only last your back so long. *sigh*

What a world. One alternative leaves me devoid of sitting options. The other pains my wrists. Is there no justice?

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Leapord

Erm, I work with just a laptop, and love it. Certain laptops have full-sized keyboards, which makes typing easy enough (they only lack the numpad). I use the desktop computers at work with equal comfortableness and typos. Whenever I need to print, I just bring it to my desk, plug in the printer, and print. Granted, it is possible to set up a network printer on a wireless network; then you wouldn't even need to do that I also don't like the built-in mice all that much, so I use an optical external mouse, which can easily be used nearly anywhere.

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Nazareth

You can hook keyboards and mice to laptops & can't they run on cordless too?

Kermie04

I recently had a desktop, but then I got a laptop for graduation. I love the laptop more. Heres why. I hate writing with paper and a pencil/pen. For some reason, my ideas are at a standsill whenever I attempt to write with paper and a pen/pencil. However, put me in front of a computer and my ideas flow like water. Additionally, I work as a lifeguard, and therefore when nobody is in the pool I have the ability to write as much as I want without having to go home and retype what I have wrote.

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Airborneguy

My writing, Laptop only.

Internet, desktop.

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moonandsun

I used a laptop and when I need to do major writing I plug in a normal keyboard (you can also plug in a normal mouse thought, I don't mind the touch mousepad) But, then again, it's my famlies laptop (well, sicne I'm 13 and all... my parents don't enjoy the idea of me and my own laptop, hehe) But, yeah, I enjoy laptops.

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Warggarel

I use a laptop and I adore it. My favorite place to write is out on the deck in the morning with the sun filtering through the cottonwood, the birds chirping, a soft breeze blowing and my morning tea cooling in it's cup. Now that I have a laptop I can unplug and sit out there sans cords and encumbrences. It's loverly! ... oh, and with my wireless network thingy I can be on the internet out there too. I'm so spoiled. Sitting at a desktop (have one of those too) is like ... work! *bleah*

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Farror

You'll have to excuse me. I'm Farror's relative, and I wouldn't normally do this, but I just have to have my say.

I find that a good laptop is superior to a run of the mill computer in every way. That is, if you have money to burn...

If you get a dock, you can plug in a printer, a mouse, a keyboard and an Internet connection, and you have the equivalent of a desktop. The advantage of the dock is that, at the press of a button, the laptop pops out, but everything is still ready to go at the dock.

With a dock, the laptop gets the best of both worlds.

-Sheep (Who is NOT Farror (Sorry Farror (Please don't hurt me)))

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distant_rain

I personally would love to have a lap top to write on. I find sitting in front of my desktop I get writers block trying to lay out a simple story. With a lap top I could go some where elce, borders, starbucks, or even just out side some where and write, something eases me about being alone and haveing something to think about and to write.

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TempterOfFate

I prefer a laptop for convenience. I have a docking station set up here at home and it works fantastically. When we have company, they use my office as a bedroom and I simply pop out my laptop and work in the kitchen (I'm set up with a wireless network in my house).

My wife uses our desktop computer (set up in the living room) and feels pretty comfortable with it. She hates my laptop's touch-pad mouse and smaller keyboard though. Aside from the missing number-pad, I prefer my laptop's keyboard.

I want a new laptop though... the keyboard on my Dell just flaked out and died. I'm locked down to my docking station now and I hate feeling trapped.

New Question (sorry to hijack your topic, NewWriter): What type of laptop do you use and/or which is your favorite?

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Chrispian

I use a desktop and a laptop for writing and nearly everything else. I run a PC for my desktop and an Apple iBook G4 for my laptop. The cool thing about the laptop is that it has wireless internet access so anywhere that is running wireless I can get online. It's awesome to have around because anywhere I get the creative urge I can just plop down and get to work. I'm able to get away from my desk a little more durning the day and I like that.

But it doesn't replace my desktop. I wouldn't trade them. Now, if I had a better laptop, say a 17" powerbook, then maybe. But the reason I got the 12" is because of how small, light and portable it was. I've been very pleased with it.

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AdamR

I only use a desktop for my writing...simply because that's all I have, currently. I should be getting a laptop soon, possibly within the next few months, and I'll turn over to that for everything I write (with backups on my desktop, of course).

I don't like writing anywhere in my house. I like to get to other places. Some of my most creative writing has come at the library, or at a Barnes & Noble. Unfortunately, I couldn't get as much done as I would have liked because I was handwriting this all, then I had to come back home and type it again.

I've used plenty of laptops in the past, and I don't at all mind the difference in keyboards. Actually, I can type faster and with less typos on a laptop than on a full sized keyboard.

Printers and other accessories are of no problem to me. Most mice/keyboards/printers today are USB, or can easily be converted to. Most (older) laptops only have one USB port, and this can cause a problem. However, with a simple USB Hub, these problems can be eliminated. A docking station is also a great alturnative.

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fairygirlfairies

I love both.

Desktop for all of its capabilities. And the laptop for its freedom (I'm not tied down to one spot with the laptop).

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