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From: steved@hrshcx.csd.harris.com (Steve Daukas)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Tower vs. Desktop
Message-ID: <1061@hrshcx.csd.harris.com>
Date: 5 Apr 91 17:36:22 GMT
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      Chris writes:

         Given the choice, which would you prefer and why ???
         1) Desktop case ON the desktop (under monitor or beside it)
         2) Desktop case on its side (on the floor, shelf, etc.)
         3) Tower on the floor (Where else would a tower go ?)

I have a mini-tower type unit that I stand next to the desk on the floor.
I chose it because I eventually want to put the monitor on a stand that
I can swing out of the way.  The mini-tower can hold 6 half-height devices,
with 5 being exposed (three 5.25" and two 3.5").  It also holds a standard
motherboard (DTK) and takes standard cards (8 full height 16 and 8 bit).

If I wasn't planning on the monitor being movable, a desktop would probably
have served just as well given that it's footprint would be nearly the same
as the monitor, and that the monitor would sit on top.  Now that I have
the space for various devices, I kinda like the mini-tower.

Steve

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