I prefer laptops cuz I like things that can move with me and I can put wherever, not be chained to a desk etc. its basically never unplugged but I dont care, i need to be able to move and also wired printing
Ironically, im most productive on my phone but i like to have a bunch of shit running in the background like torrents/soulseek/multiple audio output apps so i need a laptop to handle alm the non serious stuff
I own a laptop which stays on my desk and never gets moved.
Yes
I have both. The last time I turned the laptop on was probably a year or more ago. I just don’t use it. I have a phone for portable computing and the desktop is a decently powerful gaming PC so it takes care of my Big Computer tasks with aplomb. And it plays video games. The wonders of modern Linux.
aplomb
There’s a $150 worD
Yeah, I’m from a time before there was an internet.
Desktop at home, laptop away from home.
desktops all the way.
When my workplace switched from workstation desktops to lap tops was not a good day.
8 grand worth of fucking dell laptop with less ability than a 4 grand desktop. Doing something serious? Thermals say no.
The dell docks are a symphony of issues with multi monitors, network cable drop outs etc.
Oh you plugged another USB device in? Allow me to remind you that you are out of USB resources. Sorry, how would you like both mouse and track pad to cease functioning until you restart?
It is of course no lightweight either so actually taking it anywhere is a joke. Battery barely lasts 2h if you aren’t plugged in. Also don’t be thinking you can plug it in to just any dock, if it’s a generic one, then it ain’t getting enough power and it will tell you all about that, before doing weird shit if you try to share your screen in a teams meeting.
Plus taking it out of the office means connecting via a VPN which is slow as fuck and you can’t do any real work over it anyway.
Also, using a laptop actually as a laptop? The ergonomics of that are not to my taste. Horrid keyboard right next to the screen. I can’t stand it.
Old man here. Desktop only. Phone is for phone calls, GPS, and camera. Tablet for reading in bed, and light browsing.
I was a graphic designer, I used beast machines, packed with RAM and two big monitors. When I worked on 15GB Photoshop files under deadlines I needed a machine that could push pixels and a color corrected monitor. Never a laptop, obviously.
Also the laptop format is bad for me, because of my vision. I see best with glasses when the monitor is about four feet away, but of course I need the keyboard and mouse closer.
Laptop plugged into a screen, keyboard and mouse when at home.
The ergonomics of laptop use is terrible, but it’s very useful to just pick it up and take it with me when I need to be away from home.
Work? Give me a laptop because I’m not always working from the same spot. External mouse, keyboard, monitor, and it’s fine.
Personal? Desktop is better for games. Most things work on the phone. The remainder fan largely wait until I’m home.
Depends. For gaming, desktop, for everything else, laptop.
Like you said, the laptop can move with me, so that’s a huge plus. If I don’t need the discrete graphics card, there’s very little reason for me to prefer a desktop at this point. Laptops have gotten so good in the past ~6 ~7 years.
Midtier Laptop. Dock to a hub for dual monitors. Works good enough for gaming, just stick to retro and indie.
Your post comes up at the most convenient time possible. I was using laptops for many years but recently the battery, the display, the power connector and the keyboard of my device got all partially defunct.
In total it is a mess now, so I think about buying a modern desktop again (the first one after 20 years). Are their parts still replaceable like in the past where it was easy? Or is enshittification a thing there aswell?
Even I was able to upgrade memory, the hard disc, drives, add new interfaces, a fan or the like. And for the inside cleaning with air pressure I just needed to loosen around four screws and everything was accessible.
Modern desktops are just as upgradable as ever, but now you can’t buy the parts for anything close to a reasonable price because the slop machine bubble has consumed all the DRAM production capacity in the world (and that’s barely even an exaggeration) and basically every other PC component is being gobbled up by datacentres as well. RAM, SSDs, mechanical HDDs, GPUs; all ludicrously expensive now, and CPU and mobo prices are creeping upwards too.
Oh no! I hope this will not affect me that much, because I usually do not buy new stuff anymore. Also I do not need that much powerful and/or modern stuff, so as long there is software which preserve still enjoyable compatibility and performance. I assume and hope almost everything for my average or even below-average use cases thats offline not on the web could run smoothly (in theory).
I want this but its so expensive 😭
PSP? Or is that one of those Steam thingies
Looks like GPD WIN 4, but it’s last gen, and will probably remain out of stock.
The current one is GPD WIN 5, and starts at a modest $2250 USD. The screen seems fully stationary, so no keyboard, though.
The win 5 has no keyboard so i dont want that. If the 6 has one i consider buying…
What consoles can it emulate up to approx?
Its a gaming pc so it can do what a high end gaming pc can do
My dream device is a 2-in-1 10-to-13-inch, fanless, RISC-based tablet with a magnetic keyboard and touchpad add on, running Linux.
I absolutely love portable, flexible, energy efficient devices. And I love not worrying about dirt getting inside. I’m perfectly fine with potential thermal throttling.
The closest I’ve ever gotten was Microsoft’s Surface Pro X (SQ2). It was pretty much perfect, but couldn’t run Linux. What a waste of a wonderful device.
Until then I guess it’ll just be plain laptops. Would love to at least find a fanless laptop with decent performance.
So far the only things I came across are MacBooks Air (no, thanks), the PineBook Pro (which I owned, but performance is abysmal), and some Intel N-based Chromebooks, but most of the fanless ones use the older N100, or even worse, Celerons like the N4500, both of which offer even worse performance than the PineBook Pro.
Whats wron with the Framework 21 or whatevers?
these days increasingly a pocket computer person
I’m on a laptop, since I don’t need the power of a desktop, and I like being able to use the same computer at home and on the go (e.g. school, and soon university!). I’m running EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma, and it’s fantastic! My specific device is also one of those 2-in-1s (with a touchscreen OLED with amazing colours!) that can flip into a tablet, which is very handy. No plans to upgrade it any time soon, but the battery has degraded a lot (58% health), so it might need to be replaced soon.
Desktops make more sense for people who do more graphically intensive stuff (gaming, video editing, 3D modelling, etc.), and if you don’t need the portability of a laptop, desktops are great since they are upgradeable, quieter, and full of I/O.
