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[Zhao]

i read more articles about this sometimes and i see more people turning over to portablity and convince over Power and reliablity. Why?

[Alias]

My current flagship computer is a laptop. It has an i5 and a 5730. Together they give out roughly the same performance as a desktop rig running a last generation Intel quad core and an 4850/4870.

The performance lines are increasingly getting blurred between desktops and laptops. Considering even netbook would laugh at the highest performance computer of 5 years ago, it shows you how irrelevant performance between them are. People should be deciding on what they themselves need, not on what 'looks' or 'seems' good.

Netbooks are obviously completely designed for portability, so you wouldn't take a netbook for a DTR (which is what I bought my laptop to be).

Edited by Alias, 23 June 2010 - 04:25.

[Warlock]

It comes down to what you use the computer for and what you prefer,

I have 2 laptops that I use strictly only for work - find it more convenient because of the portability, but for computer gaming I would use my desktop

[Zhao]

wouldent be buying "Gaming laptops" not really much sense though , i mean there are so many games were they give you the warning " may not be campatable with X card laptop version " and then afaik there more expensive , which is why i ask really , why? if your at home all day on your PC why use a laptop at all D:

[Alias]

It's not a gaming laptop. I bought it because it suits what I need. The fact it is good with games is merely a side effect.

Besides, most of us aren't at home all day, which is why laptops are mighty convenient.

[TheDR]

I have a desktop and a netbook. I do editing/gaming on my desktop and i use my netbook for college/writing essays. They both work very well and i think its a very nice set up.

I think the reason desktops are more popular than laptops is that they tend to be cheaper and easier to upgrade (also, if your desktop screen breaks, you can buy a new one, obviously its harder to do that with a laptop).

[n5p29]

I got my desktop for gaming and multimedia, and laptop for internet and college works.
yet, my laptop still can operate 3D modeling with its 4GB RAM

[BeefJeRKy]

I though I would get a "powerhouse" laptop in late '08 thinking I would use it for gaming + work, but I regret that as the weight and low battery life (barely gives me 50 minutes now) are a major disadvantage. My next laptop wlll have an Ultra-Low-Voltage CPU to make sure it'll last more than 9 hours as well as being under 1kg. For gaming I have my monster desktop.

Laptops for portability and desktops for more work. Unless your work calls for a powerhouse on the go, in which case your employer should be able to purchase your Lenovo W701ds

[NergiZed]

I have a netbook, laptop and desktop.

Netbook's for airplanes, bullet trains, making Power Point presentations, surfing, bring it into the lab, hooking up to a TV for portable home theater and other things, pretty useful for $300 (It's a Samsung N120)

My Laptop is for real work on the go, gaming, 3D stuff, video editing, and audio work. I have it mainly because I spend a quarter of the year in China, so I need a 'portable desktop'. Can't quite do what my desktop does though.

My Desktop obviously does most of the work. Any rendering that I do, I do on my Desktop. I usually surf with 50+ tabs open on multiple browsers, there's always some DLing going on in the backround, whether it be torrents, or just straight DLs. I also upgrade it every now and then, thinking of getting an Nvidia DX 11 capable G-card sometime soon. It's also the only computer I can fix with parts lying around my room, which is nice if that ever happens (and it does due to the heavy work load it's always under).

[Alias]

scopeJim, on 23 Jun 2010, 23:23, said:

I though I would get a "powerhouse" laptop in late '08 thinking I would use it for gaming + work, but I regret that as the weight and low battery life (barely gives me 50 minutes now) are a major disadvantage. My next laptop wlll have an Ultra-Low-Voltage CPU to make sure it'll last more than 9 hours as well as being under 1kg. For gaming I have my monster desktop.

Laptops for portability and desktops for more work. Unless your work calls for a powerhouse on the go, in which case your employer should be able to purchase your Lenovo W701ds

Lenovo?
Absolutely do not want.

[Major Fuckup]

I like my Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop its a sturdy platform and i like being able to take it places but the battery is fucked on it and i get 30 minutes if that with it.

[partyzanpaulzy]

My only computer in the use is one of the Asus M51SN series, sufficient to play games like RA3 on good details smoothly, maybe even CoD: Modern Warfare 2
(Core Duo 2, 2.4GHz, GeForce 9500M GS 500(1777)MB, 3+1GB, 255GB, DVD-multi, digi/analog TV tuner (sadly only MPEG2 and not HD), 1440x900, 15.4", 16:10, originally 1000€).

Nothing fancy, but optimal, because 70% of the running-time is spent on things like internet, various documents, GIMP, vxl editor; 10% TV; 20% on things which can bring CPU/GPU temperature above 75°C in the worst (few weeks in Summer, however I can thank to the Eyafjallajokull for keeping cooler temperatures in the Central Europe (with terrible side-effect in floods))
like RA:APB, Rise Of The Reds or Cinema 4D.

If something happens after 2-year warranty ends in this August then I am buying some good netbook* and eventually some external HD TV tuner (well, there is also TV streaming on "dorm-net"). If I had more time, then I would buy again something like this laptop I have currently, but there will be even less time then last semester... plus I couldn't find any part-time/summer job and making debt is dangerous.

*around 400€, probably with ION 2 and some dual Atom, optimally modified Win Server 2008 and some linux distro. Problem is there is usually newest OEM Windows, but I can download linux and MSDN AA Windows and not mess with something full of bugs (and spend money on it).

EDIT: and don't forget on UPS-like feature of laptops and netbooks, you can work hour(s) without connection to the electrical power network. There was a storm week ago and aside of really cold shower due to power surge I could find acu capacity dropped by 20 minutes after 2 years, so I had 1:54 on the "Saving Mode" with 60% bright and 22% CPU state (less than 1 hour if it ran on 100% in normal mode). The biggest problem of laptops is that dead CPU/GPU/motherboard means dead laptop, you can replace display (hard, but possible), add external monitor, add keyboard, replace RAM blocks, replace HDD, add some extra HW via express slot/USB/Firewire/..., but with some limits. In desktop you can replace anything unless there are compatibility issues.

Edited by partyzanpaulzy, 26 June 2010 - 17:53.

[Rai]

Alias, on 26 Jun 2010, 18:44, said:

scopeJim, on 23 Jun 2010, 23:23, said:

I though I would get a "powerhouse" laptop in late '08 thinking I would use it for gaming + work, but I regret that as the weight and low battery life (barely gives me 50 minutes now) are a major disadvantage. My next laptop wlll have an Ultra-Low-Voltage CPU to make sure it'll last more than 9 hours as well as being under 1kg. For gaming I have my monster desktop.

Laptops for portability and desktops for more work. Unless your work calls for a powerhouse on the go, in which case your employer should be able to purchase your Lenovo W701ds

Lenovo?
Absolutely do not want.

Can you please explain, why you do not like to have that brand of laptop...because I'm using one?

[Alias]

Let's see:
1. Overpriced
2. Unreliable
3. Chunky as hell
4. Ugly
5. There are far better alternatives

For a Windows laptop I wouldn't go for anything other than ASUS or Toshiba.

[CJ]

What I know for sure is that I will never get a HP laptop, my father's one is so crappy that it made me hate that brand's laptops forever, especially because of their batteries which stop working after a few months, and obviously have only a 3 month warranty...

[BeefJeRKy]

Alias, on 27 Jun 2010, 7:15, said:

Let's see:
1. Overpriced
2. Unreliable
3. Chunky as hell
4. Ugly
5. There are far better alternatives

For a Windows laptop I wouldn't go for anything other than ASUS or Toshiba.

I was giving that laptop as an example of overkill

But I like the Thinkpads especially the T series. They feel as solid as bricks even if they aren't pretty. No idea about their Ideapads though. Haven't used/seen one.

[Zhao]

I've bein at my aunts house and she has 2 underpowered PCs (No graphic card) but when it comes to equal strength between desktop and laptop , id shoot for a laptop . You can Sit in a more comfortable areas , lay down if you want. While in a desktop you have to sit at a chair and it might get uncomfortable at times.

Overall however i'd still want a desktop.