Laptop or desktop?

Laptop or desktop

  • Laptop

    Votes: 22 25.3%

  • Desktop

    Votes: 43 49.4%

  • Both

    Votes: 22 25.3%
  • Total voters
    87
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Which computer platform do you use more often, or do you use both?

Which do you prefer for different activities (e.g. work, play, etc.)?
 
Naturally both. Gaming obviously a desktop. But the laptop can be cozy for a number of things away from the desk.
 
I only have a desktop so it's my only option.

The only time I use laptops is if I'm round somebody else's house and they have one.
 
I bought a laptop to take to University and haven't properly used my desktop since. That might just be because my desktop was a hunk of shit and my laptop is better for games.

I do everything on my laptop now, all my work is on here and the few games that I do play are on here. I just find them more convenient.
 
Minister said:
I bought a laptop to take to University and haven't properly used my desktop since. That might just be because my desktop was a hunk of shit and my laptop is better for games.

I do everything on my laptop now, all my work is on here and the few games that I do play are on here. I just find them more convenient.
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Exactly this for me. Moved in to college and bought a laptop that was intended to replace my aging desktop. I do everything from school work to photoshop to after effects to playing games.
 
A laptop would be nice, and I've wished I had one on several occasions, but it's really not necessary enough to warrant a purchase for me. I've got other portable entertainment.
 
Minister said:
I bought a laptop to take to University and haven't properly used my desktop since. That might just be because my desktop was a hunk of shit and my laptop is better for games.

I do everything on my laptop now, all my work is on here and the few games that I do play are on here. I just find them more convenient.
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Yep, this as well. Gaming laptops are heavy and generate a lot of heat, but its nice to bring your gaming along with you at all times.
 
I use the best of both worlds. The iPAD!

No, wait, im not an idiot. Laptop these days, sold my desktop to my sister. Would like my 8800GT back though...
 
Desktop for most things including gaming.
Laptop for backing up and random non-gaming stuff.
 
A desktop for sure. Laptop gaming isn't exactly what I wish for, I just don't feel comfortable playing with a laptop keyboard and mouse panel. And if I would try make it more comfortable by hooking a kboard, mouse, headphones etc., it would be better off to play from a desktop instead. And I don't need one for anything else, so vote option 2.

Ah and the upgrades!
 
Desktop and netbook is the best possible combination.
 
Used to have both, but ever since I bought a laptop for uni, I had no use for my desktop. Ended up selling it for a tidy profit.

Laptops are just ftw. You can watch porn ANYWHERE.
 
Always had desktops. I've seen too many of my friends' laptops die and be unsalvageable. I just prefer the security of having a fully user-serviceable machine.

Phone covers portability.
 
I don't have a laptop, but I've never really seen the point. Almost every single person I've met uses their while they just sit at a table with it plugged into the wall, so why not get a better desktop and actually save some money? Unless you're actually going to untether yourself from a wall outlet, I don't see the point.

Or unless you're a college student. Then obviously you'll be moving it around a lot.
 
I haven't got a laptop yet so desktop is my only option. I hope that, when I move out, I can get a laptop.
 
I dread having to use my laptop, but it's ... a portable computer, so there's that. It needs a new battery, meaning I have to remain plugged in to use it for more than like 30 minutes.

I have never needed the portability of it. I used to bring it to the library, however, the library has computers available as well.
 
Desktop unless you need to game at different places, obviously.
When I was getting money together for my upgrade(from an old piece of junk) I thought about this a lot, because I spend half of my weekend at my dads house.

If you can bear with low-medium settings a laptop from around 600-800 euro should do, but I wouldn't get into this high-end laptop stuff. They usually don't survive more than a year before the hardware starts to fail, and have very little upgrade/overclocking potential.
Plus, a lot of people don't know that laptop video cards, although wearing the same names as their desktop brothers, aren't nearly as fast. The best single cards you can get atm(5870 mobility or GTX480m) still have trouble keeping up with the desktop 8800GT.
 
Desktop.

A laptop is useless for me atm since there is virtually no wi-fi coverage around my area and why would anyone want to play games on a laptop? You'd only be asking for hardware failure or poor performance due to overheating unless you purchase a super, high-end system with nothing but the most cutting edge in cooling and aerodynamics. Even still, a waste of money. Too big of a performance vs. price ratio for a gaming laptop.

Just get a mobile phone with a large enough screen to view full html if you want portable internets and stick to gaming on a desktop. TBH, unless your a traveling businessperson or a college student, there's little reason to own a laptop these days.
 
For school and word processing: laptop.

For everything else: desktop.

I hate touchpads/nibs so much that any time I try to do any non-text work I just start wanting my desktop again.
 
I use a desktop. I would like to get a laptop eventually so I can be lazier than all hell.
 
I have a laptop that work provided me. I much prefer my Desktop.
 
Laptop if only because my desktop is at my grandparent's and I'm only there sometimes.
 
Only get a laptop if you know that you will be moving around/away from home or your dorm many hours and will need to get work done on the go or at school.
 
I prefer a fortress of a desktop towering above all other machines in it's mighty presence.
A powerful structure representing it's gaming prowess.

Laptops to me just mean : lolz im playing wow on the train!

I dropped my laptop a distance of like 1ft, and the screen assploded and the thing pussyfooted out of existence, whereas I dropped my desktop down the god damn stairs. That bastard is still soldiering on (but required new armor plating).
 
neptuneuk said:
I dropped my laptop a distance of like 1ft, and the screen assploded and the thing pussyfooted out of existence, whereas I dropped my desktop down the god damn stairs. That bastard is still soldiering on (but required new armor plating).
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I dropped my Dell Studio 15 countless times. Recently, I dropped it onto laminate and the bit that holds the power button in place cracked, so I couldn't turn it on. The laptop itself was fine though. These were pretty high drops.

My mate also dropped his old dell many, many times. It's even had a cup of tea spilled into the RAM containment area (during a drop off the arm of a sofa). I just opened it up, put it back together again after it had dried, and it works perfectly.

You're clearly buying laptops made of cheap plastic.


In other news, I've got my laptop back now \o/. It's all shiny and sexy. I love it.
 
Really the only reason you would need a laptop is if you cant possibly get a laptop, or you're at a uni that doesn't have enough PC's. If you do buy a laptop then get a cheap netbook for typing and internets.
 
Robbo said:
Really the only reason you would need a laptop is if you cant possibly get a laptop, or you're at a uni that doesn't have enough PC's. If you do buy a laptop then get a cheap netbook for typing and internets.
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I don't know why people think it's impossible to game on laptops. I use a razer Diamondback when I play games like CSS, and it runs perfectly (100fps+) on my Studio 1555. Even Batman: Arkham Asylum works perfectly at native res on highest settings.

As a plus, it makes turn-based games like Worms: Reloaded and Heroes 3 much more fun, when you can pass the laptop round to friends instead of having to move every round or sit scrunched up at a desktop.

But I guess it's just what you like.
 
Desktop for internet use, games, music, photos etc.

Laptop for movies when I can't be bothered sitting in my office chair.
 
Oops. I though the question was which do you prefer and I voted desktop. Right now I use both but in a few weeks it'll be mainly laptop.
 
Dekstar said:
I don't know why people think it's impossible to game on laptops. I use a razer Diamondback when I play games like CSS, and it runs perfectly (100fps+) on my Studio 1555. Even Batman: Arkham Asylum works perfectly at native res on highest settings.

As a plus, it makes turn-based games like Worms: Reloaded and Heroes 3 much more fun, when you can pass the laptop round to friends instead of having to move every round or sit scrunched up at a desktop.

But I guess it's just what you like.
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no one thinks it's impossible. It's just that for the same money as an ok gaming laptop you can get a really good desktop which you can keep upgrading. Thats why I prefer desktops over laptops.
 
Both.

Desktop for when I'm at home and Laptop for when I'm on Nights.
 
Robbo said:
no one thinks it's impossible. It's just that for the same money as an ok gaming laptop you can get a really good desktop which you can keep upgrading. Thats why I prefer desktops over laptops.
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My Studio 15 cost around £700. My gaming desktop had the same specs and cost me £1k. I built it myself too, with the help of Brick, so I knew I was getting it cheap. Probably part of the reason I used my laptop almost exclusively from then on, and sold my gaming rig to my brother for £350 :E

But yeah a lot of it is cost. Wish you could build your own laptops on the cheap.
 
I prefer both, but I'm stuck with a laptop for everything because my desktop isn't working and I can't afford to fix it/buy a new one. But I would say that having a laptop is more important for me, so I can work when traveling.
 
Krynn72 said:
What a load of baloney.
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My laptop runs all the games I played on my gaming PC at the same fps.
 
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