Reply To: Computing Advice Needed!

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

 I am a self employed LA. I have a desktop and a laptop (neither are Mac). I use the desktop all of the time and use the laptop mostly unrelated to work, but it is convenient to ne mobile sometimes.

 

I expected that I would use the laptop more for work than I do. I run ACAD LT on both and don’t have performance issues with either. (both run windows 7) The desktop is just much more comfortable to use and I run two monitors – one for ACAD and one for information (photos, email, internet, word, pdfs, ….

 

I did use my previous laptop as my primary computer a few years ago (part time) when I had issues with an old desktop, but I had a monitor and a keyboard set up on a desk to use it as a desktop.

 

You can never be certain what you might want or need to do with it in the future. I have learned to buy a computer based on my current needs and wants because you KNOW you’ll at least satisfy the here and now. Things tend to change in the computer world faster than you can grow into them. I would keep it simple and economical at this point – get what you want to meet your current needs/wamts and don’t go overboard on the expense.