If a person absolutely HAS to travel with a Computer, a lightweight laptop is the answer, but today, a smartphone serves that purpose for millions of people.
As a working computer tech, people were always giving me their old and sometimes defunct Laptops (and some desktops too) so I wound up with quite a collection. Just recently, I sent two Dell laptops off to Reclamation (the dump). They were old and had just quit working, but.... the hinges were still like new.
Many years ago now, a schoolteacher customer of mine bought a new HP Laptop and had me install it for her. She used it for several years and every year she'd have me clean it up for her and do any needed updates. Finally she decided she wanted a newer and bigger laptop, so she bought one, and I did the install/setup for her. Then she gave me the old HP Laptop.
I did a refurb on it, with new RAM, new CMOS and main batteries, and a new SSD. That little OLD laptop is now running just great and is my Backup PC, in case a hurricane runs me out of here.
But for everyday use, here at home, a nice husky, healthy, (and, FAST) Desktop PC is my preferred way to go.
My desktop is now sporting three OS's, each one on its own SSD, and a backup drive, an older 1TB spinner.
Can't do that on a laptop! And, OH YES, a 24" monitor, and a Mechanical (gaming) Lighted, Keyboard.
And, on the newest SSD, a Crucial 500GB, I've installed Windows 11, 24H2, V2. BOY! Is that FAST! (from, X-Lite).
Cheers Mates,
TM
The old Dell laptops wore build like Sherman tanks but were as slow as Joab's Turkeys at Thanksgiving time.
