Indeed, a lot of folks like laptops because they are compact. If you live in a small place, having a computer you can put on a shelf or in a drawer can be the right answer to the question of which computer to get. Paul On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 12:42 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > > A lot of people use portables and don't need portability. That's my > case, > and the original poster said this as well.