Laptop.... [:x]

Pete, just in case you didnt know, you can use a mouse on a laptop lol

pete with 13000+ posts i would have guessed you were a wizard on the comp

Keeganino wrote: It is a sad state of affairs but computers are a throw away item after a couple of years. Back up those file all the time!

Unless you buy a MAC!!!!

Got a new one thru the business this year, but my college macbook is still kicking 5 years later and never had a virus/problem! It's now being used for Alicia to finish up her schooling!

Just gotta tell ya this story...my buddy was going to get a new comp for christmas a year ago and was talking to his parents about what he wanted. I tried hard, but he wen't with a PC.... Christmas evening I swing by his house to drop off a gift and he shows me his new computer....Not kidding....damn thing CRASHED!!!!! 7 HOURS OUT OF THE BOX

Spend the extra couple hundred bucks and get a Mac....it will save you $$$$$$$$ in the end

Pete those touchpads are great for working in confined areas but if using on a desk just add the USB mouse.

That's funny Pete. I just put myself through the same adventure. I moved my office up to the kitchen table to best simulate life on the road. The touch pad was my biggest hurdle!   

It's pretty cool once you get it. There are also some settings for the pad.

Greg. Life on the road? you joining the circus?

Yep I use a laptop at home with a wireless router, I can sit by the pool, in the gazebo, I've had it open while working on my boat for schematics (or CCfan)plenty of times. You'll get used to it. You can also get an IR mouse so no cables, they work fine.

Work is a different story, I have a 12 pc network that can drive me nuts. Everything runs off of a server so if a pc workstation gives me trouble I throw it in the trash and run down to my local computer guy and pick up a reconditioned pc for $159. I've spent $400 fixing a $200 computer too many times, typically I buy lease trade in's that will run for a few years and work just fine but first sign of trouble they head to the shredder.

Mac vs PC the debate is alive and well! My dad has been "debating" this rivalry since the first macs came out in the 80's with his dad. I have seen Macs last and I have seen them crash. Windows pisses me off with their new operating system every 18 months and all the hoops you have to go through top get your peripherals to work. Kind of like cell phones- you can't just go get a new one like your old one even though you like the old one. Seems like new phones come out every month and they all have problems. The envy, the pearl, the glide, they sound like a bunch of tampons!