Sometimes a laptop just isnt worth the $500-$1k expense, or I just don’t have the money to buy a laptop, whats a good substitute?

A big thing to think about before you decide whether to go with a laptop or something, is to think what exactly you need it for.

Most people use laptops mainly for surfing, sharing/transporting slideshows, information, images, and work, or just to have around for something to do.

There are plenty of computers now adays, everyone and every place has some sort of computing device, whether it be some sort of mobile device, a laptop, or a desktop computer. So how can we get everything you need in your daily computing (assuming you dont have a laptop) on  your desktop to being mobile, without a laptop.

For me, it has always been an external hard drive, now especially since they are USB and for incredibly cheap one can have anywhere from 1gig to 500gigs to 2 terabytes of space at their disposal.

There are some things you can add to your external HD that will make it better for your personal use no matter where you use it.

Ninite Easy PC setup. Its basically 1 installer that has all your simple programs. Say you are on some piece of crap confusing computer in a library, you need your programs set up to start viewing and downloading torrent videos and your usual browsing. Put a customized ninite installation onto your harddrive, click install when you need everything.

Use teamviewer or some sort of remote access application. Set up teamviewer on your home computer, then take a copy for installation on your harddrive. That way anywhere you go you can quickly set up your remote app and be connected to your home computer perfectly.