Comments on: Desktop or Laptop?

By: My Next Rig | alexking.org

My Next Rig | alexking.org — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:00:05 +0000

[...] Then as I transitioned to doing most of my work from my home office and the desktops were much faster at the time than the laptops, I switched to a desktop. [...]

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:23:23 +0000

With web-services all around, synchronizing shouldn’t be that much of a problem. My new mails are all on IMAP, old mails are back-uped on HD and DVD. Other important stuff too could go in the web (e.g. on a Google-Drive) – i just haven’T gotten around laying my calendar and adress book online. Even Bookmarks can now be online – and when Feedlounge is finally online, you even have a great RSS Reader in the net.
So, why am I still working on a desktop? I guess it’S just conveniance. It is plugged in all the time, and it just runs – 24/7. I wouldn’t do that to a notebook. But depending on the performance of my new Dell, which I will hopefully get soon, I might consider swapping – banning the Desktop to just a Server-Thingie, laying the HDs into the Network and plugging my Notebook to my normal TFT-Screen. And believe me – if you finally get Intel-Processors, they WILL be faster

By: Lockergnome's Hardware Help

Lockergnome's Hardware Help — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:21:57 +0000

Desktop or Laptop?

Boy, in some cases trying to decide whether to upgrade to a notebook or a desktop can be a perplexing thing to take on from a mental perspective….

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:10:23 +0000

For increased productivity (e.g. dual-head, fast Ethernet), I find desktop machines to be an absolute necessity. I have learned this over time and I recently gave up the laptop which I had lugged for 6 years.

There are endless issues with laptops: think of hardware upgrades, components that become difficult to replace or even find (e.g. built-in speakers). These are just a few among the more prominent factors.

Also think about inflexibility with regards to hardware probing and peculiar vendor-specific drivers. I am not only speaking about Linux to Windows (or vice versa) migrations, but also about ‘intra-O/S’ migrations where drivers may be missing and so-called QuickRestore CD’s (factory defaults) will never resolve recurring incompatibilities.

Stick to a PDA (preferably with folding keyboard) and desktop/s unless you travel all the time. I have become accustomed to this over time. Synchronisation of memos with the desktop gives you the convenience you probably seek.

Hope this gives yet another opinion on the matter…