Do You Prefer Laptop Or Desktop Computers? - Which Is Better Overall?

for me, it's desktop because the only thing I need laptop is for my school work or whenever I travel. Yet, when I play games, or compilation, desktop is my choice. It's expandable. Laptop is not. xboxrulz

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it all depends on your prefernce to need of the computer if your a business man who travells a tone then you would wont a laptop were as soem oen like me who works from home i prefer my over the top desktop but as i siad it all depends soem ppl would prefer neither and go for a PDA

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Yes, i agree with you there.
If you work somewhere else, and you travel by train or something, then a laptop is very usefull.
It also depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to play the newest games with high resolution etc, you have to buy a very expensive laptop.
Its just what you are planning to do with it.

I´ll prefer desktop, because i´m a gamer, and still at school .
Thats my opinion about it,
See what you do with it,
Mark

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dear friends..

Hello I am darshan (my real name) from Bharat (India),

NEC, Japan introduced fuel cell powered laptop, I only read about this somewhere.. but I dont know more about it.. but NEC is a very big and popular company.. they claims that our laptop can run 6 hours on each cartridge of fuel cell.

so if any1 is a frequent traveller and have no time / place to charge his/her laptop then fuel cell powered laptop is best for him/her.

BUT the total cost of fuel cell cartridges per 1 yr useage is = battery replacement expense after 1 yr then it is ok..

and when u charge / use battery powered laptop it will generate heat. But it may not be possible in fuel cell powered laptop..

I also seen 100$ laptop for children, when the battery of this laptop discharged then u can charge it by cranking.

But as per my knowledge and belief Desktop has enough room for air circulation then laptop. So desktop will be more long lasting then laptop.

But if u take enough care, like always lay laptop on bamboo table which has big enough air wents instead of lap and always try to cool laptop by pedastal / celing fan / air-condition and always protect it from dust and moisture then its life may increase.

I have a compaq presario M2305NR 1.6 GHz laptop and when u lay it on yr lap then air wents are blocked. So it is not advisable to use laptop on yr lap for a long time in air went blocked situation.
So always lay yr laptop on the table which has a air wents. Or always lay yr laptop on the big thick hard books and be careful that every air wents are open for better air-circulation.

additionally, I marked that when u will use any DOS Based application like foxpro / word star etc. on yr laptop / desktop which has AMD cpu then as per AMD supplied hardware monitor, CPU and battery usage will be 100% and temperature of CPU will be increased by 5 degree centigrade. So be carefull.

But if u will use any window based application like Visual Foxpro etc. then CPU / Battery usage etc. r very normal.. and faster then any Intel cpu.

Regards.. Darshan.

 

 

 

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I suppose it depends on how important portability is to you. I absolutely love the fact that I can shove my laptop in my bag and head down to the library to do research. All my stuff is there, i don't need to wait to get onto a computer, or log into a computer that doesn't neccessarily the programs or data I need. It's also fabulous for taking back home with me to visit the family. But I move about a lot, and I don't use my laptop for gaming or anything that taxes the memory too much. So obviously it's suited to me.

The battery thing is annoying, however, I find most places have plug in points (including the train home) so I can still use it. I can't operate without a mouse...but afterall, it's easy enough to take one with you!

But portability and space are really the only two advantages. You have to consider how important these are to you. If they aren't absolutely essential then go for a desktop, it just makes more sense.

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Usually I prefer a desktop because it has more disks and it often has both a CD-reader and an DVD-writer, which is the fastest way for my digital camera backups.
However, if I happen to be invited to a lan-party, I prefer a laptop.
If I were rich I would have both.

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I would go for a laptop unless I am a businessman traveling on 5 continents.... I have a desktop computer, and I am happy with it, cause I don't have to worry about its battery, and, as i'm a student I don't have the money to change my PC to a better one, so I "update" its hardware from time to time, and that's what i like the most in it...

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I don't think there is real decision to be made.

Desktop computers are generally stronger than laptops. For this reason, I like desktops for gaming and graphics.

However, laptops or notebooks do have the fashion/gadget feel about them. They are good for creating documents and watching movies/listening to music.

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I would get a laptop because you can pretty much turn it into a desktop

If you hated the small screens and stuff, you can always hook it up to a larger monitor if your at home (assuming you have a monitor)

you can always attach a keyboard if you don't like the laptop keyboard.

you can always attach a mouse to use

you can leave it plugged into wall while your at home so you dont have to use batteries

so right there its basicaly a desktop, and if you ever needed to travel you would have ur laptop


i guess the bad things are you can only have so much cd drives, cant add addition hard drives, and you cant upgrade any of the specs

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I think an important in between you should consider is a shuttle form pc. It has generally the power of the desktop, just a bit limited in upgradability but otherwise it's small, possibly portable if you need to move it now and then and if you couple it with a lcd screen, you could really save some major space.

Otherwise as all the others said, power go for desktop, mobility go for notebook. If you want power and mobility there are very powerful notebooks out there but they tend to be rather large, hot (though this is improving) and incredibly expensive.

Currently i'm using a power notebook (which is 4 years old) and I generally just use it like a desktop and also placed in a cooler pad as I run it really long. It's rather heavy, but I can bring it around, and it still runs a lot of games (World of Warcraft, Rome Total War) so I am pretty pleased. If you can deal with the initial damage cost of such a notebook and want to bring it around, you might want to consider one of these options.

Don't go SLI in a notebook tho.

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