Corey Gouker's Machine Inside the Mind

So one benefit of my job is that I get to work on some cool hardware long before it's released. While I couldn't say either way if I've played with the Inspiron 910, I have played with a PC running the Atom chips and such. I must say it ran Windows just fine and was totally usable. The form factor of x unit wasn't quite right for me, but this Inspiron 910 looks pretty sweet.

For the longest time I've had the thought that I'd only ever get laptops from now on. Figuring I could just get one with DisplayPort or HDMI and get an external keyboard, mouse, and 24" or 30" LCD for the 1920x1200+ experience. But that sort of requires a dock and such. Fine dandy, but I'd be paying a lot of money for lower end hardware. While I'm sure it'd run my daily stuff just fine it doesn't quite cut it for more hardcore stuff.

So I've sort of been thinking that a quad core iMac would be perfect for me. At the same time I want something mobile. Perhaps a quad core Mac Book pro or a Latitude would do it. Anyway, this got me thinking, why not get an iMac or regular Dell desktop. Then just get the Inspiron 910 as my Internet and IM box :). When I really think about what I do on a laptop... the only thing I do outside of IE is Messenger and some file management. So what's the point of having some crazy high end mobile PC?

I'd probably do a lot more if it weren't for the form factor or the fact I'm sitting down on the couch doing it. It's sad, in this day, I still can't quite live away from the de facto standard of PC usage, desktop, monitor, keyboard, mouse.