It will also probably survive longer. Laptops often die young. A common explanation for this is that they get too hot. From packing too much stuff into too small a space. -- Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ Any sufficiently advanced BS is indistinguishable from fact.
> > Well in that case, I would say buy a desktop. He'll get way more out of > the machine, it would be significantly more upgradable, and it drops his > chances of getting rolled for his netbook down to 0. Without a hardware > budget, practicality and safety of one's hardware become way more > important than it's "coolness", and "portability". > > -E > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Kaplan <[email protected]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2009 7:31 pm > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW > > > Indeed. The goal is cheap and possibly disposable..remember we're talking > about a 14 year old with no hardware budget to call his own. > > [email protected] wrote: >> How about forgo the hardware limitations and buy a laptop? For the > >> same amount of money you'll shell-out for a "netbook" capable of > >> rendering WoW, you'd be able to buy a laptop far superior in specs > >> (bigger hd, more ram, better video capabilities, more viewable space, > >> and an optical drive). Now if we were talking about a $200 "netbook" > >> capable of playing WoW worth a damn, I would say go for it. > >> Unfortunately, I have only this to say about "netbooks"... the > >> technology isn't there yet. >> >> -E >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
