Do you prefer Laptop or Desktop ?

[T3RRY]

As per title....

 

[fUbAr]

well ive never had a laptop before and just bought one to accompany my shuttle desktop.

out of the 2 i prefer the desktop

 

[bmh.01]

Prefer the desktop but my laptop has its uses for when I want to lie in bed and surf the net or when I need it to come with me.

 

[dick]

yer, at uni with just my laptop all the time is f**king annoying,

 

[T3RRY]

Yea thats good BMH

I have a desktop and never had a laptop.

 

[S77CCP]

laptop for me, but with a external mouse.

 

[Daz]

Laptop driving a display with seperate keyboard and mouse is my next challenge.

Not got that yet tho - just got my Macbook Pro and a Windows desktop. I can get like 500% more done on the desktop tho (3 x 17" monitor's.. so lots of space)

Tempted to get a widescreen monitor and do the laptop thing tho..

 

[Renault_Boy01]

Laptop.. when i first got mine it was hard getting used to not having a mouse but now i find it an advantage

 

[Andi-B]

All I have is 2 desktops. I don't need a laptop tbh so it depends on your application needs I would guess.

 

[T3RRY]

I dont need a Pc for work just have a desktop for my own use.

Would be nice to have a laptop and wireless.

 

[KDF]

I find it difficult to take my desktop pc connected to my 37" plasma into the toilet with me so I tend to prefer taking my laptop..

 

[M1TCH]

Bought my first laptop last year. I was in two minds to get it or a new desktop but now glad I got the laptop, its just so handy to pick up throw it in a bag and take it anywhere.


I dont need the performance of a desktop.

 

[tommyboy]

Desktop, laptops are pooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[DrR]

Desktop, but would like a Laptop for taking places, but have no real need.

 

[Rasclart]

Got my PC and Mac Mini that get used all the time

Also have a Macbook I got in the states a few months ago, only really use that at work

 

[Spiezels]

laptop defo, easier for everything imo.

 

[furry_cup]

you get so much more for your money with a desktop machine.

easier to upgrade etc and cheaper

 

[miltage2]

I prefer desktop but use laptop daily as it on wireless internet so can use it anywhere in the flat.

 

[furry_cup]

altho i prefer desktop i do want a laptop to take to work so i can work on personal websites etc there and when i travel on the train to london etc.. and so i can laze about the house on the wireless

 

[Maz]

Laptop with wireless ..

 

[DaveLiquid182]

I can get like 500% more done on the desktop tho (3 x 17" monitor's.. so lots of space)

Is that 3 monitors on one pc? :S

 

[Daz]

I can get like 500% more done on the desktop tho (3 x 17" monitor's.. so lots of space)

Is that 3 monitors on one pc? :S

Yea.

 

[R20 CWH]

had my laptop for over 2 years, so much prefer it to desktop stuff. Got an external mouse and in that time upgraded the processor through a friend etc. So keep up a high spec laptop and can use it on site without carrying 738716786238742387 wires about with me.

Spose its all about what you need it for.

 

[sn00p]

Laptops all the way. My powerbook is the best computer purchase I ever made.

 

[Lou]

Laptop definately!

 

[Munson]

Desktop for gaming, laptop for work and pleasure. I have a serious rig for games, a 11" TX3 Sony Vaio for work, and a 17" lappy for pleasure.

 

[sn00p]

Desktop for gaming, laptop for work and pleasure. I have a serious rig for games, a 11" TX3 Sony Vaio for work, and a 17" lappy for pleasure.

17" of pleasure, wow...

 

[Tim-Grove]

I’ve got a 2.6 P4 laptop and a core2duo gaming rig and I prefer the desktop any day. Don’t really use the laptop much anymore it’s mainly used by my old man to wirelessly surf the net in the living room. I might try and sell it to him actually as I really don’t like using it. The screen is too small, it is WAY WAY to slow, its noisy and it get RED HOT!!

Plus my new gaming rig is a bad ass!!

 

[Rich]

Desktop for Work, Laptop for around the house.

 

[Ross M]

both have their advantages. ive got them all hooked up so just use whichever is closer at the time its needed and aslong as its free. (2 laptops + 2 desktops)

 

[Munson]

I'm thinking of getting a Vaio AR2 17" notebook to complement my TX3 11". The TX3 is amazing but the screen is too small for coding, so the 17" is needed for writing software. I already have a 17" but would like to replace it with a Vaio AR.

 

[cava83]

I use macbook pro at home. (small space, too annoying to have a desktop.

At work i use a desktop with 2 monitors.

If i had the space, desktop without a doubt. 2 big 19" screens comfy mouse and keyboard is ace.

Still find it a bit strange using OSX.

 

[furry_cup]

similar to gabi.

G5 iMac at home and PC at work, dual screen etc..

tempted to do away with the iMac and get a high spec pc. I wouldnt mind a laptop but i know you pay far more for a high spec one.

 

[al]

Laptop at home, desktop at work.

 

[172.com]

Desktop, no silly li'l keyboard or pressure pad (providing you don't have peripherals) and I have a dual-screen @ work and a triple-screen at home. Much more productive.

 

[dick]

triple screen?

wots that mean, u line um up so you move sideways along um all?

does it ever feel like a flight simulator?

 

[172.com]

Yes, I do. And not really lol. My lineup isn't as impressive as Daz's as his are all 17s, mines a 20, 17 and 15, so it looks a li'l odd.

 

[UncleGrumpy]

Christ im such a geek, 2 pcs at home, one for gaming, one for doing nothing other than converting hundreds of dvds to avi to stick on our network here, a laptop that i use in the lounge in front of the telly, an old iCrap that i got from work for nowt to prop the bog door open and a really battered titanium G4 Crapbook from work that i got from work because it was going free - i use that to test some interesting stuff im creating for the crapintosh

At work im forced (kicking and screaming) to use a G5 Crapintosh with 2 screens - and i f**king hate it.

 

[dick]

so is it like all 1 desktop and u just move s**t about? or do u choose which program to be on which tele?

 

[172.com]

You can put anything anywhere, just move as you would with one screen, just think of it as one wide-arsed desktop (or high if choose you to set it up that way). Generally though I set certain programmes on certain screens (expecially at work). What goes on what screen depends on what I need to compare the most.

The best triple monitor setup I've seen was a guy at work who setup his Macbook Pro to work in conjunction with his PC therefore giving him 3 screens, two from the Macbook Pro and one from the PC (all with the same mouse and keyboard) but it all worked seemlessly - very impressive!