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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 458347" data-attributes="member: 9385">Another thing that people don't really think about when considering whether they want a desktop or notebook, is that portability is often useful even if the computer isn't going to ever leave the building.&nbsp; It doesn't even really come into realization until you actually have the portable computer, because years of having a desktop keeps you in the mindset of going to the desk to use the computer.Back when I had my Mac Mini, I did my exercise routine in our &quot;dining room gym&quot; (read as:&nbsp; a bowflex with some free weights) and had a list of the different weights and exercises on my iPod as a text file.&nbsp; I'd do an exercise, then consult the iPod for the next one, etc.It was quite awhile after I got my Macbook that I realized &quot;hey, this is a portable computer, why bother with all this syncing when I can just take it out into the gym with me to consult my weights schedule?&quot; I was so used to needing to go to my desk to look something up it just didn't occur to me to take the computer itself (even though I routinely was packing it up to take to work.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 458347, member: 9385"] Another thing that people don't really think about when considering whether they want a desktop or notebook, is that portability is often useful even if the computer isn't going to ever leave the building. It doesn't even really come into realization until you actually have the portable computer, because years of having a desktop keeps you in the mindset of going to the desk to use the computer. Back when I had my Mac Mini, I did my exercise routine in our "dining room gym" (read as: a bowflex with some free weights) and had a list of the different weights and exercises on my iPod as a text file. I'd do an exercise, then consult the iPod for the next one, etc. It was quite awhile after I got my Macbook that I realized "hey, this is a portable computer, why bother with all this syncing when I can just take it out into the gym with me to consult my weights schedule?" I was so used to needing to go to my desk to look something up it just didn't occur to me to take the computer itself (even though I routinely was packing it up to take to work.) [/QUOTE]

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