How many of you have 2 computers?

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And by that I mean a laptop and a desktop.

I know with how expensive the process is that most of you are probably thinking why would you need both etc.
Cost these days isn't as much as it used to be - even if you buy from places like Dell..

And i know there are some of you out there who are into building your own computer and that makes it even cheaper..

The reason I bring this up is because most people end up buying the half desktop half laptop variety of laptop...end up not carrying it anywhere, and it just becomes a desktop...except when they rarely take it somewhere.

But then there are those super light (i'm taking 3 pounds or so) laptops that are pretty nice to throw in a backpack..but suck when you want to have a huge screen to work on...or if you're like me and have a ton of music and movies.

Anyone ever justify this cost?

For the record I only own one.

 

[etf]

i own two laptops - a mac and a pc. i only use the pc for microsoft money and fidelity active trader - programs that don't have an os x counterpart, and don't work flawlessly in bootcamp/parallels.

 

[wymo78]

I have a 12 inch screen 3 lb laptop with a 5 hour battery that I take with me every day to school....and a desktop that I...well...leave at home. I love having both.

 

[45408]

if you're only going to have one, get a laptop. I've got a desktop, but I use my wife's (old) laptop fairly often.

 

[Depakote]

I've got an old desktop that I used in college and a new laptop. I like having the desktop but I don't use it that much anymore. I don't see it being that much of a hassle to take to Med School so i'll probably bring it with me just for the convienience of having a backup and the ability to type on a full size keyboard if need be.

 

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good responses so far, thx

For those who haven't already, if you have both say why etc.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

I have both, the desktop was a hand me down from all my college friends who upgraded their comps to crazy good gaming machines, and gave me all their spare parts which apparently when cobbled together made almost 2 desktops. I took one, which had ok stuff in it. My laptop is kinda old and overheats and is slow compared to the desktop.

I like having both cuz i can play dota and aim without alt tabbing out, which in most games either crashes the comp or goes really slow, especially if your hardware is not top of the line updated.

 

[i'm the map]

I have a laptop for school, then plug it into a 17 inch monitor at home. By using the external monitor as additional desktop space, I can read pdfs or or watch movies while typing something on my laptop LCD. I see no need to get a desktop - many people just want it for the bigger monitor anyway.

 

[psipsina]

I have a 4 year old mac desktop from undergrad, still works pretty well, I wouldn't game on it . .. but its a mac so I wouldn't game on it if it were new. . . I also have the crapaliscious gateway laptop that my medschool charged to my feebill and handed to me during orientation. We take all of our exams on our laptops so this is why they work it this way, but gateways blow. At least they replace it for all four years at no cost as long as I have parts of it to show (i.e. if not stolen).

 

[Zyzzyva100]

I have both - actually I have two laptops and a desktop. I built the desktop about 2 1/2 years ago, and the one laptop is a 2 1/2 year old thinkpad. Both run Linux exclusively. I also have a new macbook which I am using to write my master's thesis since I needed endnote. For most people this is overkill, but I am a big computer geek.

 

[maestro1625]

well I have a laptop with a slowly degenerating screen running on an external monitor... that count as anything?

 

[oxeye]

I mostly use my laptop, but we also have three desktop computers in the house! What can I say - my husband is a computer nerd. 😉

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

I have lots of desktops (5 active right now, as well as a couple of others that I built that are lying around waiting for me to give them something to do 🙂 ) I have 2 laptops -- one from work, and one that I picked up last Black Friday. Both are "Desktop Replacement" type laptops. I, however, am with the OP in preferring small and light laptops. I miss my old one (that died about a year ago, but was small, thin, compact, and light) and with this year's Black Friday coming up, I hope that there is a good deal on a nice compact one.

Obviously, I am the "computer nerd" in my house 🙂

 

[Chuckwalla]

Both is better. I like to keep my data apart so it is a pain to put it together.

 

[45408]

I have a laptop for school, then plug it into a 17 inch monitor at home. By using the external monitor as additional desktop space, I can read pdfs or or watch movies while typing something on my laptop LCD. I see no need to get a desktop - many people just want it for the bigger monitor anyway.

That's the dumbest reason to get a desktop 😛 My desktop has over 300 gigs of hard drive space, which you can't get in a laptop, a 128mb video card, a gig of RAM, a 3 GHz hyperthreading chip, a 17" monitor, and 2.1 speaker system (left/right/subwoofer), for $750. A laptop without the big hard drives would have cost you $2000, at least. Desktop performance is far far cheaper than laptop performance. If you just surf the net, then you don't need a dual core processor in your laptop. 😉

Both is better. I like to keep my data apart so it is a pain to put it together.

If you want to keep most of your data in one place, get a gigabyte flash drive - they're $20 on Newegg.com

 

[OncoCaP]

I have a family ... we have four laptops and three desktops in use or ready to use. I personally use two laptops. As cool as they are, these machines can break down and I wouldn't want to be depending on just one.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

My bro gave me his old laptop but I never use it. It sits right next to my desktop. It doesn't even look pretty. BAH!

 

[dr.z]

I have 2 laptops. Mac and PC.

 

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Oh and for those of you with the crazy light laptops - mind sharing what you have?

 

[zek]

I've considered getting a laptop, but I don't think I would use it enough so for now I'm just sticking with my desktop.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

I have a Fujitsu Stylistic ST5032d tablet PC/slate (no keyboard, but separate infrared one available) computer. Very lightweight and portable! Plug wntiy notes and or power points , so much nicer in class than typing.

 

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I have a Fujitsu Stylistic ST5032d tablet PC/slate (no keyboard, but separate infrared one available) computer. Very lightweight and portable! Plug wntiy notes and or power points , so much nicer in class than typing.

Yeah that tablet technology looks like it would be real useful in classes like Orgo or classes with slides in general.