As has already been said, the purpose of use is the deciding factor. Convenience seems to be the next one. I use my work lappy for everything, way under specced for what I really need - a few virtual machines at hand.
My wife now uses a netbook in favour of the desktop I had to set up in the living room for her, and my home built 2 year old AMD downstairs is hardly touched, although the intention is always there. There's a second PC downstairs too for the kids.
Likewise drooling over specific hardware has lost it's shine over the years. I'm more into software I suppose. I'm too mean coz I'd love a server setup.. maybe that old AMD will get a makeover soon. Then again I begrudge the power usage too.
My wife now uses a netbook in favour of the desktop I had to set up in the living room for her, and my home built 2 year old AMD downstairs is hardly touched, although the intention is always there. There's a second PC downstairs too for the kids.
Likewise drooling over specific hardware has lost it's shine over the years. I'm more into software I suppose. I'm too mean coz I'd love a server setup.. maybe that old AMD will get a makeover soon. Then again I begrudge the power usage too.
