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Old 01-23-2014, 07:38 PM
 
Location: Metro Washington DC
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Does anybody really need internet every waking moment?? A laptop at home, and a simple prepaid dumbphone will keep you connected to the world.
Yes, there are some who need the connection throughout the day, but maybe not every waking moment.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:39 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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No way I am going to lug a tablet around. It perhaps should be reversed:I am thinking.
Lug a tablet?? What are you, tiny tim? I carry a 17" laptop and it's nothin!
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:43 PM
 
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Lug a tablet?? What are you, tiny tim? I carry a 17" laptop and it's nothin!
Why do you carry around a laptop?
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:54 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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Why do you carry around a laptop?
I have a business site which I take direct parts orders/ ship products on. No UPS or FEDEX close to me.
I'm still mulling the thought of a tablet tho.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:04 PM
 
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I have a business site which I take direct parts orders/ ship products on. No UPS or FEDEX close to me.
I'm still mulling the thought of a tablet tho.
Do the orders come in on email?
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:08 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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Do the orders come in on email?
Yeah, thru our website and my email both. I see this changing soon I think.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:11 PM
 
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Does anybody really need internet every waking moment?? A laptop at home, and a simple prepaid dumbphone will keep you connected to the world.
I've helped you answer your own question. See below?

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Lug a tablet?? What are you, tiny tim? I carry a 17" laptop and it's nothin!
So you have a laptop at home and carry a 17" laptop?

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Why do you carry around a laptop?
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I have a business site which I take direct parts orders/ ship products on. No UPS or FEDEX close to me.
I'm still mulling the thought of a tablet tho.
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Do the orders come in on email?
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Yeah, thru our website and my email both. I see this changing soon I think.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:19 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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I've helped you answer your own question. See below?



So you have a laptop at home and carry a 17" laptop?
Yeah well, I have some questions NEITHER of us can answer, but that's another book...
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Old 01-24-2014, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Lug a tablet?? What are you, tiny tim? I carry a 17" laptop and it's nothin!
As compared to a phone that fits in my pocket? Sorry, but compared to carrying a phone, most folks don't want to LUG around a tablet. Compared to a laptop, sure...
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Old 01-24-2014, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Metro Washington DC
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A tablet in my backpack hardly weighs anything. I don't consider it lugging.
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