Laptops, Motels And The Transient Life

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by cd34

I've used a laptop as my primary machine since '93 or so and I would NEVER use a desktop again. Generally, I'll get about 3 years of life out of them and I don't really treat my laptops gently.

No desktop here either. Been that way for about 3 years now. I'll never go back to a desktop, just no reason.

It has been 3 years since I bought this one and I will probably replace it with whatever Apple is selling in the 17" size to replace the current 17" one that I'm using. All Apple Powerbooks (their pro laptops) have built in wifi plus support for 2 monitors for lots of desktop space while working. I get about 2 to 3 hours on a battery plus I carry a second battery plus the power charger if I'm lucky enough to be within reach of a wall plug. I edit video, run Photoshop, plus all my other stuff like html editors, ICQ, mail, browsers, etc. Everything is plenty fast enough and I have absolutely no need of a desktop machine.

As far as sending e-mail I have Comcast cable as my home service and they also provide an authenticated smtp server (this is what you send mail from) on port 465 for when I'm using another ISP.

The T-mobile wifi service also comes with an authenticated smtp server.

There are also other places that will provide an authenticated smtp server for a small yearly fee like www.mac.com .