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Posted by TA Jones on November 18, 2005, 11:32 am
Please log in for more thread options Peter,
I plan to use the laptop to log on through "remote desktop" to our corporate
server, run business applications for the most part throught there, and do
my personnel computing on the laptop....
>> I recently purchased a ThinkPad X41. Loaded it up with 1.5MB of Ram.
>
>> Question: If using in conjunction with it's docking station, is there any
>> reason why it could not be used as a desktop replacement for all day
>> usage
>> for normal business stuff like email, ms office applications, etc.? My
>> concern is overheating issues if leaving on all day at the office.
>
> No - no laptop has any difficulty being on, and leaving a laptop on does
> not heat it up any more in 5 minutes than in 5 hours; wattage is a RATE
> and it does not "add up" with time. Laptops are not designed for
> occasional use (I sincerely hope never to meet one if there is one like
> that), but for USE.
>
> You may want to take the battery out when on A/C, or use a special old
> worthless battery in that setting (I do).
>
> But I don't see why yu want to "replace" a desktop in the computing
> sense - you can perfectly well log in to the desktop through the laptop
> and do heavy computing on the desktop while your gui is handled by the
> laptop. This is the way I have worked for ten years at least!
>
> Peter
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