Xref: utzoo comp.misc:11979 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8295 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!infonode!fordke From: fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Tower vs. Desktop Message-ID: <1991Apr5.181414.12603@infonode.ingr.com> Date: 5 Apr 91 18:14:14 GMT References: <1991Apr2.180531.10930@hubcap.clemson.edu> Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL Lines: 29 > Given the choice, which would you prefer and why ??? > 1) Desktop case ON the desktop (under monitor or beside it) Beside it. Top of monitor viewing area should be near eye level. This helps to relieve strain on eye and neck muscles. > 2) Desktop case on its side (on the floor, shelf, etc.) Would get more dust on the floor. Mine is sitting on a printer stand beside me with extension cables to video & keyboard. > 3) Tower on the floor (Where else would a tower go ?) The thing I dislike about towers is that a 1/2 or 3/4 card will have gravity pulling against the end that does not screen down. Full sized cards don't have this problem. >On a related subject, opinions about standard big box vs. slimline? Does a >slimline greatly decrease the amount of extra hardware you can add? It does cut down the number of card add ins, which I don't like. I tend to move things in and out. I prefer a large flip-top case so it is easy to get your hands into machine. But that still doesn't answer my question: Why isn't there anything in a hole? :-) -- __ fordke@ingr.com, ...!uunet!ingr!{fordke,infonode!umagic!sysop} / \ Micro Magic CBCS 1:373/12 (205)830-2362 sysop@umagic.fidonet.org \__/ home of OBUL and the Rush archives, running Opus+DV+UFgate+X00 [__] "He knows changes aren't permanent, but change is" -Rush