Barry, I have always thought one was paying for the Sony name and not much more quality than some others. However, my daughter recently bought a Sony laptop...like the people you spoke of she switched from a desktop and has been urging me to think about that too. She loves the Sony. Can you tell me if there are any disadvantages to a laptop, especially when using it for genealogy which needs a lot of space. I guess when it is a much smaller machine, the tendency is to think it holds less, but I'm sure that is a fallacy. It has many advantages, in that it can be carried and used anywhere, such as at the genealogy library, etc. What is the largest screen it can have? My desk top is pretty old and I am going to have to do something about it before long. I've always been happy with it, but can't tell you what kind it is, since my grandson, a techie hobbiest built it from scratch several years ago and always fixes any problem Grama has. Patricia In a message dated 7/26/2010 12:28:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Have you considered a laptop ? They are just as powerful as desktops these days and a lot of folks are switching

Patricia, I don't know much about computers, but I do have a laptop and love it. But, whenever I get another one I will get one with the battery on the outside because then they don't get so hot. My neice has one like that and just loves it..........mine gets pretty warm at times. Doris in NW IL ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Barry and laptops Barry, I have always thought one was paying for the Sony name and not much more quality than some others. However, my daughter recently bought a Sony laptop...like the people you spoke of she switched from a desktop and has been urging me to think about that too. She loves the Sony. Can you tell me if there are any disadvantages to a laptop, especially when using it for genealogy which needs a lot of space. I guess when it is a much smaller machine, the tendency is to think it holds less, but I'm sure that is a fallacy. It has many advantages, in that it can be carried and used anywhere, such as at the genealogy library, etc. What is the largest screen it can have? My desk top is pretty old and I am going to have to do something about it before long. I've always been happy with it, but can't tell you what kind it is, since my grandson, a techie hobbiest built it from scratch several years ago and always fixes any problem Grama has. Patricia In a message dated 7/26/2010 12:28:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Have you considered a laptop ? They are just as powerful as desktops these days and a lot of folks are switching ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message