There is a great market for these monsters that is not satisfied by any other type of computer. They are great for when you need to have a full size screen, full size keyboard, and full-power machine that is easily portable.
We use some 17" widescreen laptops in conjunction with roaming profiles around our office as workstations for temps. They also make great machines to run demos on at tradeshows and the like.
I notice a lot of buisnesses around town are also moving to laptop-only workstations. They want to give the management the convenience of a laptop if needed, but don't want to have to buy them all two machines. This is understandable, except that 99% of the time, they sit on a laptop stand on the desk. Maybe it's just me, but I really like using large monitors, full size keyboards, and a regular mouse when I have room for them. While you *can* plug those all into regular laptops, when you can just set one down and hinge it open and have them available -- if you seldom have to move the beast then all the better.
Author's note: I use a 15" PB. I will never personally buy a larger screen laptop to lug around... But I said that about 15" laptops too -- my last was a 10" VAIO subnotebook...
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John Laur @ Dec 19th 2005 2:05AM
There is a great market for these monsters that is not satisfied by any other type of computer. They are great for when you need to have a full size screen, full size keyboard, and full-power machine that is easily portable.
We use some 17" widescreen laptops in conjunction with roaming profiles around our office as workstations for temps. They also make great machines to run demos on at tradeshows and the like.
I notice a lot of buisnesses around town are also moving to laptop-only workstations. They want to give the management the convenience of a laptop if needed, but don't want to have to buy them all two machines. This is understandable, except that 99% of the time, they sit on a laptop stand on the desk. Maybe it's just me, but I really like using large monitors, full size keyboards, and a regular mouse when I have room for them. While you *can* plug those all into regular laptops, when you can just set one down and hinge it open and have them available -- if you seldom have to move the beast then all the better.
Author's note: I use a 15" PB. I will never personally buy a larger screen laptop to lug around... But I said that about 15" laptops too -- my last was a 10" VAIO subnotebook...