So, to preface, this is not to be a discussion about most religious views -- e.g. Let's not talk about operating system or anything like that
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given your replies to other people i'd say a desktop or at least a laptop w/ a docking station (do they make those for macs?) aside from the machine you "grab and go" with
it sounds like you need to keep your primary machine separate from your portable, specifically because you leave things running on the current desktop while you're out with a laptop
Re: my two cents...dallendougApril 2 2009, 19:34:16 UTC
yeah, that's the problem -- they don't make docking stations for laptops.
I carry my mac laptop the most as a portable, and unfortunately, mac os is really what I want for a desktop, too, if I can have it.
If I feel like spending $$$, I think I will go with a mac mini for new workstation. Possibly with tax return and/or birthday money. Otherwise, I'll probably start at trial period of hooking up one of the laptops to monitor and keyboard and see how annoying that becomes.
Re: my two cents...alumiereApril 2 2009, 19:37:20 UTC
i understand; i'm in love w/ my macbook, but i don't do the same things with it that you do (ie: work) - it's my personal machine vs. the dell laptop w/ network storage backups from my job (at least for another month and a half anyway) - why is mac/osx so much more stable than windows? j/k
Re: my two cents...alumiereApril 2 2009, 19:39:49 UTC
one question though - can't you load osx onto any compatible machine these days (i *think* it's available) - perhaps you can get an inexpensive barebones desktop and run osx on it?
Well, I think I do many of the same things as you, but I look at it in reverse. I have a desktop (mini) i use, but my laptop is my main machine. The desktop has huge archives, and has things that need to run for long periods, and has everything plugged in...
but that's all stuff I don't want or need on a "main" machine. Those are all 'external' things... secondary, to me. So while I do love the Mini (which runs resource-hog CS3 flawlessly), my macbook is my main machine. Some good points have been made on both sides, though. Laptops tend to last me less than half as long as a desktop. And while I used to love desktops for their expansion capability, you have a NAS already.
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it sounds like you need to keep your primary machine separate from your portable, specifically because you leave things running on the current desktop while you're out with a laptop
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I carry my mac laptop the most as a portable, and unfortunately, mac os is really what I want for a desktop, too, if I can have it.
If I feel like spending $$$, I think I will go with a mac mini for new workstation. Possibly with tax return and/or birthday money. Otherwise, I'll probably start at trial period of hooking up one of the laptops to monitor and keyboard and see how annoying that becomes.
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but that's all stuff I don't want or need on a "main" machine. Those are all 'external' things... secondary, to me. So while I do love the Mini (which runs resource-hog CS3 flawlessly), my macbook is my main machine.
Some good points have been made on both sides, though. Laptops tend to last me less than half as long as a desktop. And while I used to love desktops for their expansion capability, you have a NAS already.
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Conversely, getting rid of the existing PC will do that . . .
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