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Old 2006-09-23, 03:33 AM   #1
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I don't get why anyone other then high end video or something like that still buys a tower. When I'm home I plug my laptop into a large LCD, keyboard, and mouse, so it works and feels just like a tower.
That's exactly the set up I have too, Cleo. It rocks. Big ass Cinema Display flat screens at the office and at home. Just unhook it and I can take it to coffee shops and use their wifi or take it with me on travels. My Mac laptop's 2 years old now and hasn't needed any repair or service calls, just a recalled/replaced Sony battery.

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IBefore this year is out going to replace my old 17" Powerbook with a 17" Macbook Pro. Rumor has it that a newer design is due very soon so I've been waiting a bit but either way I need to replace this aging laptop that I'm on now.

Besides being much faster then the laptop I'm using now the new Apple laptops use an Intel chip so I can run Windows programs, like IE for testing my websites, right inside the Mac OS using at full speed using Parallels.
Yep, I'm looking to get a laptop with the Intel chip early next year, beefed up with 2 gigs o'ram and mondo hard drive. Really looking forward to it! Sure, it's *initially* pricier than a PC laptop but when I factor in the overall cost of PC ownership which seems to include the constant system patching, virus problems, component meltdowns and general head banging of having to be a sys admin, it's cost efficient for me to stay with Macs - good thing I've loved 'em for a couple decades now.

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