[jnieman]

Originally Posted by billethkid

I have a 6 year old desk top that has crashed and won't even reboot anymore.

I am using my 8 year old HP Pavilion laptop....works but is just slow.

I want to eliminate having the desk top and the laptop and go to a more powerful (?) laptop. Between the laptop and iPad I see no reason to have a third machine taking up space/time/$.

Are the laptops that come apart and double as a smart pad practical or just gimmicky?

We are not gamers and any streaming we do is through the television or the blu ray player. No big downloads. Mostly email, researching/cruising the internet, news, etc.

I am not opposed to spending a few dollars more if it gets the right machine.

Any comments/experiences appreciated.

I also am getting a new computer. My last computer was an HP Envy. I believe I paid almost $1000 for it. It has a 17 inch screen which is the largest I have seen. The screen was just not large enough for me and I found myself squinting to see everything. It also seemed a little blury. I purchased a 22 inch monitor and hooked it up and was so pleased that was until the laptop began to fail. I have decided to get an All-in-one computer. I like the portability of it with just one cord. Of course you can't pack it up and take it with you on the road like a laptop but I have a smaller older laptop that I take on the road with me. I will not buy another HP Envy after this experience. My daughter-in-law is on her third one as well so they just don't last that long. One thing in my research I noted it that the higher the Gig the more expensive. I found that if the computer has 8 gig but is upgradeable to 16 then I can always do that later if needed.