I prefer the desktop computer over the laptop, because a desktop has more customizable affordable parts. While a laptop in its form, is limited in customization, and not only that but the parts for a laptop can be very expensive. As a laptop, it should only be used for a lightweight source as a computer. Whereas, the desktop, should be your primary machine where all your work and the hardcore duty stuff would take place. Things like memory heavy games, or work. A laptop maybe able to handle the workload but, like all laptops they become obsolete and software requirments tend to increase with each month. And so the laptop lays and becomes the paper weight of everything we know and love. I own both a laptop and a desktop. And I tend to use my laptop for mostly browsing the internet and other things. But my desktop is my workhorse computer, and also my main game station. I have crysis running on it with a sli setup. But even that is running obsolete and eventually will need an upgrade. But parts for a desktop is cheap and easily found. If I was to try to upgrade a laptop that might cost a arm and a leg. So if anything I believe a desktop wins hands down.

it depends on the computer and what you as a person need it for, you can get more for your money with a desktop and every single part is easily upgradible at a way lower upgrade cost of a laptop and they are way more powerful but it is very important as to what you wish to do, if you are a gamer than you want a desktop, if you travel alot or have a cottage or your work requires moving alot i would recomend a laptop for the portibility and battery functions

Desktop, definitely. Power and price.

Notebooks require much more maintenance and should, in my opinion, only be for on-the-go people. Plus, because I'm a cheapster, you don't have to buy new batteries and modifications every now and then.

But there is the thing with free internet...

Huh ? Which Free Internet are you talking about ? Freedom in the Internet Universe ? Or unlimited Internet access without having to pay any money ? If the second option is possible, I would really know how to obtain it !

rofl, there are many free hotspots in many cities throughout the world now. A lot of major airports in Asia have implemented free wireless internet for all. Same with malls. Free internet is the standard in Taiwan for hotels.

Internet is becoming free (price wise) unless you own the line.

xboxrulz

That's good news. I am rather familiar with Ethernet being available only in expensive hotels, or being expensive in cheap hotels. And till now I thought the only way for accessing Internet was paying a lot of money for ADSL on your private wired phone line.
This means that big communities make efforts for offering Internet for free, so that poor people can access it.

I will definetly go for a laptop, setting apart the fact that a laptop with the same characteristics of a desktop is much more expensive, the things that you get being mobile, is priceless. I hate when I have to pass the information between two computers with a prendrive, or something similar. Well that's my opinion, I suppose that not everyone thinks the same, but is a view.

Greeting, shotgun.

You will still have to use a pendrive in order to pass information to your colleagues.
Also, a laptop is more exposed to shocks than a desktop, this means that you should use a pendrive at least every day in order to have a backup of all your data in case of broken or stolen laptop problem.
So, a laptop computer does not make you free from using a pendrive.

Or you can back it up on to a desktop like how I do it. I have a secondary data drive that I have to just dump data into it and it is enterprise grade so the chances of it failing is lower than a standard drive.

xboxrulz

With pendrives as big as half a drive, and most laptops with user-changeable ram and batteries, its not as bad as it used to be.