The engineer's perfect computer set-up

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<p>Would you or have you been using:</p>

<p>Laptop + Desktop</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>Desktop + goodies</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>Laptop + goodies?</p>

<p>Assuming a limited amount of funds to distribute (ie, spend equal amount on a single piece as two pieces)</p>

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<p>i think i am gonna go for desktop and laptop. i love desktops for doing work on. laptops are good for little things.</p>

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<p>What share of your limited funds would you spend on each?
Example: spend more for a beefier desktop but cheaper laptop, or nicer laptop with cheaper desktop.</p>

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<p>I am gonna get an ibm t43 and build my own desktop, so for the desktop i will see how much i want to spend, i dont really have a set limit</p>

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<p>if there was a limit to how much i could spend....say 2500, i would build a sweet desktop.</p>

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<p>Related question: I have a desktop at home. Should I bring it with me when I go to college (engineering) along with the laptop I'm going to get or should I leave the desktop home and just use my laptop at school?
p.s. desktop = custom = awesome</p>

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<p>I have a friend who is an engineering major at Cornell right now, and he has a Tablet PC and he says he wouldn't be able to live without it. I was struggling with whether i needed a pc or a laptop, and now my decision is pretty much settled when Im at Cornell next year (accepted ED). However Tablets are kind of expensive, but he said that it is definately worth the money. My suggestion is Tablet PC.</p>

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<p>That definitely puts a new spin on things...</p>

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<p>Yep . . . . .</p>

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<p>one word: macintosh</p>

<p>I know I won't be going to college without a trusty mac by my side.</p>

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<p>two words: macintosh sucks</p>

<p>I know I'd kill myself before being seen in public with a mac.</p>

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<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/05/03/01/2141250.shtml?tid=179&tid=178&tid=201&tid=4&tid=106%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/05/03/01/2141250.shtml?tid=179&tid=178&tid=201&tid=4&tid=106&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>macs seemed to be favored by the uber nerds</p>

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<p>two words: ferrari rulz</p>

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<p>...ferrari is a CAR company, last I checked...has that changed?</p>

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<p>for those less informed with the technical world, acer has designed a ferrari laptop.
<a href="http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here's the discussion thread....
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=33793%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=33793&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>and for those that accuse others of being less informed, the only thing "special" about the ferrari laptop is the "ferrari red" paint and the ferarri logo...that's better than any other laptop how?</p>

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<p>It's not better, it's just more expensive.</p>

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<p>heyyyy, someone else who knows what he's talking about.</p>

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<p>I was just offering my own opinion, I didn't say eveyone was not informed, and the issue of whether it'd better is a matter of personal use and preference.</p>

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<p>If you want both a desktop and a laptop, you can actually have that by just getting a laptop, a port replicator, a monitor, keyboard and mouse. The port replicator hooks up to the monitor, keyboard and mouse, and then the laptop can be attached to the port replicator to become a desktop.</p>