PC or laptop?

[Mike111 0]

Ive never tried a laptop properly but when I did , found it impossible to hit the right key!!!!

what do you prefer?

[NWFlyer 2]

You get used to whatever you have. Because I need a pretty powerful machine to run my company's software, my laptop is a good size, meaning nice big screen and (almost) normal-size keyboard. Some of the micro-laptops, while light and easy to carry, can be a bitch to type on.

Same goes for PC keyboards, though. I've gotten used to the Natural keyboard (Microsoft) so when I use a regular keyboard I fumble around for a bit.

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[rwieder 0]

Get a lap top with a wireless keyboard & mouse. I stopped buying home CPU's sometime ago.

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[Mike111 0]

no funds

[tso-d_chris 0]

I ditched my desktop PC for an iBook, and haven't looked back. The portability (especially with wireless) outweighs the inconvenience of laptop keyboards and smaller screens. Incidentally, it is no big deal to plug in a normal keyboard and mouse, or use a larger, external monitor.

While I won't say I will never buy another desktop machine, it is unlikely I would buy one as my primary computer.

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[Lindercles 0]

I've never actually owned a laptop, but I need a huge hard drive because I store lots of material.

What's the upper range for hard drives in laptops?

[pincheck 0]

desktop for 2 reasons shit batteries (they never last) pigs to upgrade.

Even though, i still have a laptop

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[tso-d_chris 0]

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I've never actually owned a laptop, but I need a huge hard drive because I store lots of material.

What's the upper range for hard drives in laptops?

External hard drives (Firewire is better than USB) are well suited for such storage, although laptops are being offered with larger and larger hard drives all the time.

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[NlghtJumper 0]

With how often I move around I have a laptop. Thou the batteries dont work for more than 2 hours [cycle them to keep them fresh] I mainly use it at home so the a/c adapter works just fine. And upgades can get annoying. But usually around the time that I really need to update, I usually need a whole new laptop anyway. As for hard drives, you can always add memory, and if worse comes to worse, you can get an external hard drive which work well. Everyone I work with has a laptop and the majority have externals. You can get them in at least 300 gigs. That is more than enough to handle almost anyones stuff, if not, get a second one! But for ultimate portablitly, Laptops work great. If you arnt going to move it for a while, take the desktop. They can pump out a lot more for cheaper.

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[AlexCrowley 0]

depends on what i'm trying to do.

I do most of my real work on a laptop - mostly terminal windows, editors and nothing overly cpu/disk intensive stuff. (although I do a lot of scratch work on the laptop before doing the intensive stuff on the desktop).

I do nearly all my video and audio work on a desktop machine as there's cheaper and better performing hardware available. Plus there isnt a laptop with 1TB+ storage options. Building my DVAW that way cost me about 25% of a somewhat comparable laptop + storage.

Laptops are convenient if you just want something to use around the house for basic internet and document usage.

I use a variety of input devices every day, I find that it takes 20 minutes to adjust to a new keyboard - regardless of its size, and then i'm off and running.

My main issue right now is a reasonable method of displaying information. There's a point where the desktop paradigm ceases to be efficient, and the command line utilities provide well details information but little to allow for very fast data recognition. Hmm. Guess I'll have to bug some good engineers.

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[Icon134 0]

I have both a laptop and a desktop... I have a relatively compact laptop for when I'm traveling and so I can take it to the dropzone and create quick and dirty dvds/vcds.

I have a desktop at home because I like to have a little more space to work and the desktop is more upgradable/powerful.

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[NWFlyer 2]

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I have both a laptop and a desktop... I have a relatively compact laptop for when I'm traveling and so I can take it to the dropzone and create quick and dirty dvds/vcds.

You make dirty DVDs at your dropzone? Oooh, sounds like fun.

[weegegirl 2]

Bought a laptop this year. I'll NEVER go back to PC.

[Mike111 0]

i guess one advantage is the portability of a laptop over a PC

[shropshire 0]

Laptop everytime.... I couldn't live without my VAIO (O.K I probably could but it's a sweet toy and great for work too).... and her in doors would never let me have a desktop in the lounge,

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[woodpecker 0]

desktop for vid/pic editing and if I'm feeling geeky (gaming), micro laptop for travelling, and laptop for access to the internet anywhere in my house. Wife also has her own laptop and desktop.

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[MarkM 0]

PC because I like to game on it. But I've been getting back into the console scene for that, so I could see myself just moving to a laptop permanently at some point.

[Mike111 0]

thast definately true.

Ive seen a mate of myne play games on his laptop, and he can barely hold many of them no there, his PC is the opposite.

and they are faster to (pc) at games.

[AlexCrowley 0]

waaah I wanna microlaptop too and my wife wont let me

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