I have a desktop for gaming or more intensive tasks like ripping and encoding.
I have a laptop for travel or surfing the web and checking emails while lounging around the house.
Probably sounds expensive, but I build my own desktops and buy cheap laptops. My current desktop was around $800 and my laptop is a refurbished IBM Thinkpad I picked up for around $300.
It depends. I use my Macbook all the time, but if I have to do any kind of photo/video editing I like using my iMac. And same goes for gaming except the PC.
Depends how you are going to use. Different people will get better utility from different ones depending on who they use their computers. For me it is a desktop atm. In a couple yeasr I expect it to be a laptop(again)
I'm strictly a console-only gamer and we only need a PC in my house for surfin' da web/checking email, loading pics & vids, and some very lite MS Office use. Thus, a desktop holds no advantages for us. And we (especially my wife) use the portability of our laptop to carry around the house often.
In fact, I'll probably never own a desktop again. I bought my first laptop in '04 and haven't considered a desktop since then.
EDIT: Actually, I'll most likely buy a desktop for my daughter when she's old enough to use it.
I use a laptop. Laptops generally aren't as powerful or as customizable as desktops for the same price. but it's undeniable that the future belongs to laptops, as technology tends to shrinks in size and energy consumption. A time will come when the idea of "desktop" will be obsolete.
I have a lappy for school in the fall and I used it all the time when I first got it, but now I'm on the desktop far more often. It's not as much of a hassle to turn on and the desk/desk chair set-up is so comfy compared to any arrangements I've found for the laptop. I'm with desktop.
If you are truing to game, than you definantly need a desktop.
SeanyBoy21
Because my laptop is such a beast it actually plays some games better than my desktop. My desktop has a better video card and my laptop has more RAM. World of Warcraft therefore plays better on my laptop and Fallout 3 plays better on my desktop.
If you are truing to game, than you definantly need a desktop.
mindstorm
Because my laptop is such a beast it actually plays some games better than my desktop. My desktop has a better video card and my laptop has more RAM. World of Warcraft therefore plays better on my laptop and Fallout 3 plays better on my desktop. can't you just change the ram on your PC?
Laptop. I'm not really a gamer nor do I do any video editing and the like so I don't really need the extra specs afforded to me by a desktop (self-built) of comparable cost to my laptop. It is sufficiently powerful enough for my needs/portable enough not to be a pain (a 13" Unibody MBP). Besides, I'm on campus more often than not and like having access to my own computer.
Desktop and netbook. My desktop's much better for gaming and watching films thanks to the screen size and speaker setup, while the netbook's much more practical than a laptop for me when I'm out and about.
As a person who has to work on his computer for hours on end, it REALLY helps that I can sit back in my bed instead of sitting up on a chair. High end laptops that are more like portable desktops FTW!
I have both but I prefer the desktop, mostly because it's more powerful, faster, larger screen, and is more easily fixable and upgradeable than a laptop is.
Laptops all the way. I'm primarily a console gamer anyhow, but even my budget laptop can run games like Fallout 3 and Mass Effect nicely. That's enough gaming power for me. And the portability lets me spend my days on GS while following the kiddo from room to room around the house :D
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