Weekly Poll: Desktop vs Laptop

Reply #1 March 17, 2008 11:51 AM from WinCustomize Forums Top

"I use both equally" and thank God for Multiplicity!

(imagine the monitor on the right is a laptop)

Reply #2 March 17, 2008 11:53 AM from WinCustomize Forums Top

This week, a less controversial poll. This one comes from Snidely Whiplash on IRC:

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Well sir, you would think so, but the way the last two polls were answered, I wouldn't put any money on this.   

Nicely done Zubaz.   

Reply #3 March 17, 2008 12:34 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

For me my laptop is more practical to use because of mobility. I don't think I've used my desktop PC more that 4 times this last year.

Reply #4 March 17, 2008 12:36 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've got both and untill recently (last year) the laptop was pretty much #1. Since Nov 2007 tho, I've had a desktop with Vista pre-installed and I like it better

Reply #5 March 17, 2008 12:54 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use both (though the laptop is my girlfriends). I perfer the desktop though. I can do more to it (ever tried to fully customize a laptop? eek...).......

Reply #6 March 17, 2008 1:04 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

(ever tried to fully customize a laptop? eek...)

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yep..... no problems! of course my laptop is more powerful than my desktop

Reply #7 March 17, 2008 1:12 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a brand new laptop, never use it. Think I did once..   

Reply #8 March 17, 2008 1:18 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a brand new laptop, never use it. Think I did once.

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You may send it to me at you leisure.  No rush. 

Reply #9 March 17, 2008 12:37 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm a genius!

Reply #10 March 17, 2008 12:50 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm a genius!

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Did you sneer and laugh maniacally when you typed that?

Reply #11 March 17, 2008 1:00 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

Did you sneer and laugh maniacally when you typed that?

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 i do that ever time i open my mouth. it's a habit i developed many moons ago.

where's Nell?

Reply #12 March 17, 2008 1:28 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

Desktop only. I don't own a laptop, nor do I want one

Reply #13 March 17, 2008 1:37 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a laptop, but use my desktop far more often. My wife uses the laptop more often...

Reply #14 March 17, 2008 2:01 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

My desktop PC at the office is my primary work horse.  I do 90% of my daily work on it.  The laptop beside me mostly handles IRC, email, testing when I'm in the office.  It's my main machine though whenever I travel or am away from the office.

At home, it's just a desktop PC.

Reply #15 March 17, 2008 2:09 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use both  

Reply #16 March 17, 2008 5:55 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

Mostly desktop (since it has the 24" monitor, way better to work with), though I do have a laptop as well. 

Reply #17 March 17, 2008 7:01 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

How coincidental.....today's the first time I've ever used a laptop.....my son gave me his 17" MacBook Pro to take for a spin as I'm away from home....very very nice......but would never replace my desktop....miss my big screen.......but still....has made it onto my wishlist....

Reply #18 March 17, 2008 7:06 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

99.99% Desktop ...;)

Reply #19 March 17, 2008 7:09 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

Desktop = More power (usually :))

I wish I had a laptop Would be handy.

Reply #20 March 17, 2008 7:50 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

desktop bigtime..desktops can always be upgraded to be ever more powerful..laptops are limited.the only thing good bout a laptop is it's portable.


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to be off topic a tad from what micro$haft i mean microsoft says the SP1 for vista will be released tommorrow you can read about it here SP1 release date

Reply #21 March 17, 2008 7:52 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I voted laptop since that is what I use 99% of the time right now since I'm in college. A laptop is far more useful in college than a desktop in my opinion. If I wasn't in college, I'd much rather build myself a gaming machine and just use it for everything including the gaming.

Reply #22 March 17, 2008 9:22 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

desktop bigtime..desktops can always be upgraded to be ever more powerful..laptops are limited.the only thing good bout a laptop is it's portable.

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Laptops aren't non-upgradeable, but yes they are more limited in terms of what you can upgrade. You can add a bigger/extra harddrive, more ram, should even be able to add a graphics card, but it is more specialized in regards to the laptop hardware and cost.

Reply #23 March 17, 2008 9:38 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use both

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Same here Butch. Laptop for work and remote access, Vista and XP desktops at home.

Cp

Reply #24 March 17, 2008 10:28 PM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have had both, but  I love the mobility of a Laptop.

Reply #25 March 18, 2008 12:54 AM from WinCustomize Forums Top

I usually will use the newer machine. As my Desktop outclasses my Laptop right now, I use my desktop much more, but the three years before that, I used almost exclusively my laptop.

Maybe in a year or two, when I replace my laptop, I will go back to "notebooking" again.