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Laptops Set to Rule

by Andrew McCaskey
Ars Technica summarized some of the factors that are pushing tower machines ever closer to obsolescence.

Our mostly geek friendly family is probably further along than most in the laptop adoption, driven mostly by those in their twenties and thirties, rather than those of us who are a generation older.

On the other hand, our recent extended stay in VA did feature a total of four permanent laptops and a couple more floating in and out of the house. The first order of business after the Comcast installation was the wifi hotspot so that we could freely roam about the house and yard.

The biggest limitation is screen size- even though I produce the show nightly on the laptop, it is a real combination of eyestrain and wrist burn that drives me to a separate display. The separate keyboard is not far away in the plans.

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