Grandpa Box

The cartoons joke about it. Professor Abbot works hard on industry apps so we don’t need one. But those of us programming or maintaining drives for the web handling industry still use Grandpa Boxes. Notebook computers that is.

The programs I use, for better or worse, run only on Windows? OS. They are memory and performance hogs. Software cost thousands to purchase or to keep in support each year.

When looking for a new computer every few years, I look for fastest, meanest notebook with as many features as I can get. That may include a docking station, spare power adapter, 2 or three external monitors, the largest disk drive, lots of ports. The most important item is the screen with the most pixels available. Certainly not the $500 back to school special at the big box electronics store. I like to ask what my clients and colleagues are using. I like to be one generation behind on the OS.

That makes me a Grandpa. I can live with it.