RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Sisk, Kris
I must be strange. The games I play were all old when I last updated my desktop 4 years ago so my laptop is plenty powerful to run them and I would still rather be on the desktop. Maybe it's the bigger monitor or the full sized keyboard or a combination thereof. I know you can get those things on

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Erika L. Rich
You are strange. :) And rough on laptops. lol On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sisk, Kris ks...@gckschools.com wrote: I must be strange. The games I play were all old when I last updated my desktop 4 years ago so my laptop is plenty powerful to run them and I would still rather be on the

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Larry C. Lyons
With my laptop I just hook it into the HDTV or my 23 monitor when I'm working at my desk. Same with the keyboard, mouse etc. Otherwise the laptop's 15.6 screen and keyboard work just fine. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sisk, Kris ks...@gckschools.com wrote: I must be strange. The games I

RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Sisk, Kris
Not rough on laptops. They both still work. I just didn't want to share a lappy with my wife while she was taking online classes. I figured by picking up a second one I'd actually get to use it. That and I can have Linux on mine without dual booting Window for her classes if she has her own.

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Erika L. Rich
Ahh. Well you made it sound like you went thru two laptops compared to one desktop. Not that you had bought two because you needed two. :P On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Sisk, Kris ks...@gckschools.com wrote: Not rough on laptops. They both still work. I just didn't want to share a lappy

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: With my laptop I just hook it into the HDTV or my 23 monitor when I'm working at my desk. Same with the keyboard, mouse etc. Otherwise the laptop's 15.6 screen and keyboard work just fine. I got monitors all over

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Erika L. Rich
What we really need is a wifi monitor. No cables, no plugs. THAT would be nice. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Casey Dougall ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com wrote: 1 in the kitchen, 2 in the DJ booth, 2 in the office... I should seriously switch to some type of centralized desktop server

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Erika L. Rich
Oohh. Like this! *http://tinyurl.com/25p2rkt *

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its only VGA. Is there one for either HDMI or DVI connections? On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Erika L. Rich elr...@ruwebby.com wrote: Oohh. Like this! *http://tinyurl.com/25p2rkt *

RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Sisk, Kris
http://www.wirelesshdmi.net/ -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:44 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today? Its only VGA. Is there one for either HDMI or DVI connections?

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Larry C. Lyons
At $100+ for these, I think that my 10 ft hdmi cable and wireless mouse/keyboard combo works quite well. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Sisk, Kris ks...@gckschools.com wrote: http://www.wirelesshdmi.net/ -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-08 Thread Rick Root
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else thinking about the end of the desktop or already gone through it? I have only a laptop at work. But i have it attached to a big monitor and a keyboard. The only time I ever use it as a laptop is when I have to

End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Robert Munn
Win 7 has been great on my new laptop. MSFT appears to have fixed all the things about Vista that drove me backto XP on my old machine. It's so good I actually contemplated switching my desktop over the Win 7 from Ubuntu, but I decided to make my desktop a server and just use my laptop. I am at

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
At home yes, last year we decided to splurge a bit on laptops when I got my wife and myself one. Generally I can see that that is the direction things are heading to. Unfortunately at work here I still have a desktop. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote: Win

RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Jacob
95% of my personal computing is done on my Laptop. I hardly use my desktop at home any more. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:53 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

Re: RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Bruce Sorge
My desktop gets turned on once or twice a week at best. Since I really have no interest in pc gaming anymore, I am contemplating putting it up on Craigslist list. I need to look into getting my external hard drive on my network first though. sent from my HTC EVO

Re: RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Ras Tafari
my desktop is a GREAT dust collector, power drain, and thats about it. dont know why i still have it, and an office designed around it... time to downsize, next time i move. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: My desktop gets turned on once or twice a week at

RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Justin Scott
Anyone else thinking about the end of the desktop or already gone through it? When Windows 7 came out last year I bought a new Dell laptop (Precision M6400) with Windows 7 and have been using that as my only computer ever since. It replaced my 5-year-old PC at home and 4-year-old PC at work

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Erika L. Rich
Haven't used a desktop since 2003... Laptops Rule! On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else thinking about the end of the desktop or already gone through it? ~| Order the Adobe

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Maureen
I haven't really used a desktop for work since I bought my Sony Vaio about 10 years ago. I do use the monitors from the desktop when I am editing audio or video, but the desktop box rarely gets turned on unless a guest in is the house and wants to use a computer. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:46

RE: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Eric Roberts
Since I do some gaming, laptops that are powerful enough are still out of my price range, but I do have a midtower with a strap on handle and an HD LCD (I just put it in the box it came in and that has a handle), so I am still pretty portable and takes not too much longer to set up than it does

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread morchella
yeah. i have a beutiful lian li box i built when doom 3 came out (August 12, 2004) was ok for orange box. a little video editing and some usual graphics intensive stuff. but really just putz around on my 299 emachines laptop i got from wally world. work gives me another laptop, but that's all

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread morchella
lian li v1000 http://www.google.com/images?q=Lian+Li+v1000um=1hl=enrlz=1B3GGLL_enUS374US396biw=1366bih=546tbs=isch:1source=lntsa=Xei=vNWGTJD4GsT68AaM-px2ved=0CAgQpwU On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:03 PM, morchella morchella.delici...@gmail.comwrote: yeah. i have a beutiful lian li box i built when

Re: End of desktops, WAS: Re: Been to Google today?

2010-09-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Eric, you may want to consider the XFF type boxes, like those made by Shuttle (for example http://us.shuttle.com/G2_7600.aspx). They're typically about 7 by 8 by 12 inches (think a desktop about 1/4 the size of a typical mid tower). However they are fully feature desktop machines. Their only