Comments on: I Hate Laptops, and Apple Changed That http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2006/04/23/i-hate-laptops-and-apple-changed-that/ Pure Walt, from Concentrated Thought Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:41:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Walt Stoneburner http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2006/04/23/i-hate-laptops-and-apple-changed-that/#comment-90 Walt Stoneburner Sat, 06 May 2006 03:19:49 +0000 http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2006/04/23/i-hate-laptops-and-apple-changed-that/#comment-90 Don't need a docking station. Can use existing screens, though the laptop is large enough not to -need- one. And, oddly enough, I've gotten used to the keyboard. My prior experience with laptops was long ago and very, very bad. I had given up on them until my wife and friends suggested I give it a whirl. Admittedly, I was skeptical. Even now as I show off the MacBook Pro to knowledgeable technical friends, it has numerous features that other laptops don't seem to have. It's not the fact that disc media can be played on a laptop without starting an OS, but rather the tight intergration with the OS ability to access /all/ media that's on the machine or connected to it. What gives is that Apple's design and features changed my opinion that laptops are cramped, uncomfortable, limited deviced to quite usuable workstations. For someone who's just had this misconception corrected and benefit from the portability of having your environment follow you around, the experience is eye opening. Simply put, I wish I had been more open to the idea years eariler. Don’t need a docking station. Can use existing screens, though the laptop is large enough not to -need- one. And, oddly enough, I’ve gotten used to the keyboard.

My prior experience with laptops was long ago and very, very bad. I had given up on them until my wife and friends suggested I give it a whirl. Admittedly, I was skeptical.

Even now as I show off the MacBook Pro to knowledgeable technical friends, it has numerous features that other laptops don’t seem to have. It’s not the fact that disc media can be played on a laptop without starting an OS, but rather the tight intergration with the OS ability to access /all/ media that’s on the machine or connected to it.

What gives is that Apple’s design and features changed my opinion that laptops are cramped, uncomfortable, limited deviced to quite usuable workstations. For someone who’s just had this misconception corrected and benefit from the portability of having your environment follow you around, the experience is eye opening. Simply put, I wish I had been more open to the idea years eariler.

]]> By: A.R. http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2006/04/23/i-hate-laptops-and-apple-changed-that/#comment-89 A.R. Sat, 06 May 2006 03:03:45 +0000 http://www.wwco.com/~wls/blog/2006/04/23/i-hate-laptops-and-apple-changed-that/#comment-89 So when are you going to get the docking station, the external screen, and the keyboard? Many smaller laptops don't generate much heat and are very ergonomic. Media centre PCs have remote controls, and can play CDs and DVDs without loading windows. You stated this thing off opposed to laptops then turned it into an advertisment for Apple and how it changed your life? WTF? So when are you going to get the docking station, the external screen, and the keyboard? Many smaller laptops don’t generate much heat and are very ergonomic. Media centre PCs have remote controls, and can play CDs and DVDs without loading windows. You stated this thing off opposed to laptops then turned it into an advertisment for Apple and how it changed your life? WTF?

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