Help! Laptop, Notebook, or Tower?

[slick]

Beware the laptop......if running and top is closed, the warmth makes for a nice kitty bed. Ha!

Back in December of 2011 I went to a small business shop not far from me. I always prefer to deal with small businesses because, in my experience anyway, you get more bang for the buck. This particular computer shop only purchases laptops from businesses who upgrade. He strips them down and reloads the basics. Aside from a few annoyances with flash and shockwave (due to the fact I'm using Chrome) it's been wonderful. I have wireless and as long as there is a password (should be a complex one) on it, you should be fine, somewhat, although nothing is 100% guaranteed. I love the fact I can take it out on the deck during the summer or sit in front of the TV with it. The screen is only 15 inches and I find that too small so I have a 19" flat screen monitor that I use. I also have a regular keyboard and mouse attached as well. The laptop came with Windows 7 and Office 2007 and both work fine for me. I don't need anything elaborate.

I also recently purchased, for $60, a wireless printer because Yodee peed all over my other one. The print quality is not "business-like" but it works for me and set up was extremely easy so I can print from my deck as well.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Sounds like I need a tower shrunk down into a lap top. The games I play are more on the line of candy crusher and solitair and the like. None of the big shoot em and run around things so maybe a laptop would be ok. I'd sure love to not be tied to having to sit in this uncomfortable office chair. It's the one I spent 20 years in when I worked. My back needs a break.

I went to Walmart and one of their people let me play around with some of the computers they had as demos. There was a nice HP for 300. Probably want one a bit bigger. The clerk could not tell me the size of the hard drive or how much ram it had though. It did have a touch screen but she pointed out you could use the keyboard or mouse and only the touch feature for a back up.

I have a flat screen tv. I discovered I can hook a laptop up to it if I want. So much technology ... so few brain cells left.

[Jessika]

Sounds like I need a tower shrunk down into a lap top. The games I play are more on the line of candy crusher and solitair and the like. None of the big shoot em and run around things so maybe a laptop would be ok. I'd sure love to not be tied to having to sit in this uncomfortable office chair. It's the one I spent 20 years in when I worked. My back needs a break.

Browser-based games aren't what I was referring to, really; I meant moreso games that require large amounts of RAM or CPU usage, like World or Warcraft or other similar games