My newest Elitebook 8570p has a serial port...and a 3rd gen i5 with SSD. It boots in 6 seconds...love it.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, desktops are certainly going to be dead. But I think reports of > their demise are a very premature. The portable devices that replace them > are going to die also, as am I. It’s inevitable for everyone and everything. > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2012 12:43 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Death of the Desktops?**** > > ** ** > > There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop computing is > facing certain death, and especially for desktop computers as we've known > them up to now. Indeed, there are more portable offerings available than > desktop machine options, but with a higher price/performance/feature ratio. > I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments where > access to legacy apps is critical. But it does give me something to > consider as we face our annual equipment refresh cycle. **** > > ** ** > > What are your thoughts? > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > If I could choose any way to destroy the world, I'd delete Google.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
