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What Mac to get as a start?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1544901"><p>I guess it's all in semantics. In the old days, when Osborn and Compaq first came out with "luggable" computers, the novelty was they could be lugged around at all. They still needed to be plugged in, so they weren't able to be used just anywhere. As luggables got smaller, they were called laptops because with internal batteries they could be used in your lap (although that got pretty warm very quickly). To me, the iMac is in the AIO (all in one) category because it's definitely NOT luggable or portable and requires external power. The innards are similar in power and upgradability to laptops, but that is a separate discussion.</p><p></p><p>What laptops struggle with is power consumption. That's why laptops lag behind desktops in size/power of the CPU. Intel is getting better a producing low power consumption chips very quickly after the release of the latest CPUs, probably as a result of increasing demand for laptops over desktops. One day they may shift to releasing the low power chips first, then the desktop versions.</p><p></p><p>But I'm going to stick to my definition of laptop as something more portable than an Aga with handles! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1544901"] I guess it's all in semantics. In the old days, when Osborn and Compaq first came out with "luggable" computers, the novelty was they could be lugged around at all. They still needed to be plugged in, so they weren't able to be used just anywhere. As luggables got smaller, they were called laptops because with internal batteries they could be used in your lap (although that got pretty warm very quickly). To me, the iMac is in the AIO (all in one) category because it's definitely NOT luggable or portable and requires external power. The innards are similar in power and upgradability to laptops, but that is a separate discussion. What laptops struggle with is power consumption. That's why laptops lag behind desktops in size/power of the CPU. Intel is getting better a producing low power consumption chips very quickly after the release of the latest CPUs, probably as a result of increasing demand for laptops over desktops. One day they may shift to releasing the low power chips first, then the desktop versions. But I'm going to stick to my definition of laptop as something more portable than an Aga with handles! :D [/QUOTE]
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