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11-29-2013, 08:57 AM
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Desktop or Laptop??
Good morning all !!
For those of you full timers who also work on the road, I am curious as to what your preference is...desktop or laptop? I will be working on the road and right now we have both....and we are trying to decide if it is worth it to keep both. Our 5W does have a smell desk area and we can work it to accommodate the desk top...but I am still on the fence about it. So I am just curious what others are doing. Thanks! And I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! 
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11-29-2013, 09:02 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Between DW and I we have five computers. Two desk tops and three lap tops. Why? She is an Attorney and still working and actually can work on the road.
We no longer take a desk top with us. The laptop will accomplish anything we need nowadays. Used to be they wouldn't. She has light weight scanners and a printer that pack along very well.
You have to suit your needs and whatever works well for you.
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11-29-2013, 09:03 AM
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Why does it have to be one or the other? If you have room for both.
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11-29-2013, 09:04 AM
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Desktops are dinosaurs, I'd go with a nice laptop !!
Hhg 
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11-29-2013, 09:08 AM
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DW works on the road and has a laptop along with a wireless printer/photocopier. I have a Samsung tablet that keeps me entertained while DW works.
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11-29-2013, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glarnold
Why does it have to be one or the other? If you have room for both.
GL Arnold
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I guess one of my concerns with the laptop is the tower being jostled around on a regular basis..... But on the other hand my desk top is barely a couple of years old..... My printer is a little big but it has a flat bed scanner and can be wireless ..and is also barely a couple years old. Decisions...decisions....haha 
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11-29-2013, 09:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooperhawk
Between DW and I we have five computers. Two desk tops and three lap tops. Why? She is an Attorney and still working and actually can work on the road.
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Well..that makes me feel better...seeing as my work will also supply me with a laptop or two! .... I was thinking - how crazy to have four computers! Guess not! 
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11-29-2013, 09:32 AM
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National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Wife does consulting part time we have laptops, two so we have a back up and then I have a Surface to keep me entertained if I cannot get to the laptop. We also have iPhones for e-mail and surfing (with your glasses on).
I do have her set up with an aux larger screen for her work and we have a copy, fax, scan etc machine. So room is a premium and no sense carrying a desk top when a laptop does the job and stores easily and is portable when if for any reason we are not in the MH.
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11-29-2013, 09:54 AM
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I can't imagine ever owning a desktop computer again. They take up so much room, even in a stick house, much less than in an RV.
If you really HAD to have a larger monitor, you can always use an external monitor with your laptop. Same if you want a special keyboard.
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11-29-2013, 09:54 AM
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National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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I would add we have room for a desk top, I know that because something else is in that space right now.
Lap Top.
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Doc(He's a PhD)
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11-29-2013, 10:05 AM
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Laptop. We actually spend a fair amount of time "working" at the picnic table. Wireless is wonderful! \ken
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11-29-2013, 10:07 AM
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Have not had a tower for 15 years. No need. Gamer? Get big monitor. I have a laptop, but it is mostly for picture and movie management.
99% of everything happens on my iPhone. Email, FB, text, banking, bill pay, investing, iRVM2, etc. Simple is nifty!
Printing? About 2x a year at Staples. Printer ink dries out before I use 5% of it.
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11-29-2013, 10:10 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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We have a wide screen laptop and a tablet. Small printer/scanner sets on the floor when traveling.
Ken
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11-29-2013, 10:11 AM
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On the job! \ken
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