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Personally, though I really do want a new PowerMac G5 I can't see myself investing much in desk-anchored computing anymore. Not since I got my first laptop, and later my first wireless ethernet card. What I can see myself doing, though, is maybe investing a little bit into a new PC for games, and maybe for a box with lots of storage and CPU power to stick in a closet somewhere and use via network.
To me, the power differential between the two isn't the big issue - I have been primarily on a notebook for years - but I prefer my Linux desktop for development. And not for power, either - it's an old PII 400! It's the amount of screen real estate available, and the 19" monitor I have on the desktop is just a lot more productive. When i want to do serious development, I have lots of windows open. That means I need a lot of space, and the bigger monitor is what I need. Yes, I can hook the notebook up thata way - but that kind of blows away the whole point of the wireless card :)
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