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Which operating system should you choose?
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The operating system you can use will depend on the type of laptop you have. For PC laptops, the most popular operating system for home use is currently Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Netbooks often use Windows 7 Starter, which is a cutdown version with less functionality. Other operating systems are Apple OS X (which can be used only on Apple Macs)
Should I buy a laptop or a desktop PC?
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If you need portability, you want a laptop. If you like to write papers or do your work in a library, or somewhere else, think about getting a laptop. With wireless Internet available in more places, laptops are handier and handier. If you travel a lot and do work on airplanes, get a laptop. If you don?t have a lot of desk space, get a laptop. If y
Who still buys desktop computers and why?
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Research groups in universities do lots of computationally intensive work which can't be done on personal laptops. (i.e. analyzing the human genome in bioinformatics and analyzing particle interactions in high-energy physics) In some cases, researchers will go one step beyond and perform their hardcore calculations on high-performance computing clu