On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So that's the upside. What am I overlooking as the downside to using > a laptop as the center of a destop system?
Typically laptops have slower hard drives, and less capable video than desktop systems Looking at Apple's specs the Macbook has a 5400 RPM 2.5" 160gb drive, and an nVidia geForce 9400 chipset with 256 megs shared RAM, and supports up to 2 gigs total ram. The iMac 20" has a 7200 RPM 3.5" 250G drive, an ATI Radeon video chipset with 128mb dedicated RAM (which is faster), and supports up to 4 gigs RAM. A 5400 rpm 2.5" drive isn't much slower than a faster 3.5" drive, but the capacity difference is pretty sizeable. The iMac also has firewire, both 400 and 800, and more USB ports than the MacBook. On the downside it's not nearly as portable. Portability is the key...if you have a need to take your main system with you somewhere, then a laptop is the way to go; if not, you're getting more value for your money by buying the desktop. A laptop used as a desktop replacement can be put on a laptop cooler so overheating will be less of an issue. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
