Laptop or desktop computer

@Sherry12 (2472)
United States
May 22, 2007 5:49am CST
Which do you prefer? I have a desktop, but my friend has a laptop and I'm so jealous that she can carry it around with her. Well, not jealous in a bad way, I'm happy for her. It just seems that laptops are so much more practical. She can cook dinner with her laptop on the counter and sit out on her porch and still be on. I tend to get stuck at my desk and get nothing else done when I'm on. What are you using and which do you like best?
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@liyan97 (2127)
• Northern Mariana Islands
22 May 07
I have a desktop and I enjoy it. Although labtops are more pratical and handy when you have a busy schedule, but they also cost more to maintain. I belive that the desktop is better because the parts can be easily relaced as the labtop is almost three times the cost.
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@impaktita (965)
• Philippines
22 May 07
I have both. But I'm currently using my desktop. I like it better cause its faster! And also most of my files are here .. My graphic programs and stuff. I use the laptop sometimes when I go out. When my boyfriend and I go to starbucks or somewhere that has wireless connection. I also take it with me whenever I travel. I'm not really fond of my laptop though cause it freezes alot! I've tried surfing the internet with my laptop in the bathroom though lol. That was fun =P
@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
24 May 07
Your lucky, I wish I had both.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 May 07
I find a lap top is convenient but It is too small for me, I like a big screen and I am always home anyway so I do not need to carry it anywhere.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
22 May 07
I am using a laptop and I love it! I can do as you said, go to the deck, anywhere in our yard, kitchen, living room, bathroom,LOL yes, bathroom. I have 2 desktops too but I prefer the laptop!
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@Inky261 (2520)
• Germany
22 May 07
I have a desktop. It is sturdy and I have added a new harddisk and other equipment. I unscrew it and add occasionally new parts. I could not do this with a laptop. I have an nice workplace, a good chair, all comfortable. I do not know if my sensitive back would like to be squeezed into an odd position on a sofa somewhere for hours. A friend just showed and explained the new laptop that she bought used for three hundred Euro. Only 20 gigabite, she will have to add an external drive. Interesting machine I thought but then somehow the display went pretty dark and I thought she has a weak accu, another expensive thing to buy. So, I decided I will stick with my desktop.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
24 May 07
Maybe I'm doing so bad with my desktop then. I haven't really had any problems with it.
@tina12679 (1126)
• United States
23 May 07
I use a desktop but also wish i has a laptop because of the conveineces it has. there are times that i am doing absolutly nothing at all at different places but i have to bet there if i had a laptop with a wireless connection i could be doing more impotant things with my time like doing mylot or other survey sites that i am involved in. I however really like my desktop but wosh i had a laptop too.
@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
24 May 07
That is exactly the way I am, I think I get so much more done with a laptop.
• Malaysia
24 May 07
I have both.. But i prefer laptop because it provides mobility.. Furthermore, they're quite effective when you move around a lot, like students for example. You can practically take your work with you, and with the increasing number of free wireless zones worldwide, it seems only a matter of time before everybody owns a laptop and connect to the internet.. Some may still prefer desktop because it provides better view (bigger monitor), but some wide screen laptops can more than compensate for that. Furthermore, for hardcore gamers, the graphic cards that you can get nowadays are unbelievable.. A laptop is sufficient for me, hands down...
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• India
16 Jun 07
i have both but i prefer laptop over the desktop, even though my desktop is faster than laptop... this is because of the portability of the laptop
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@teleios (737)
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
i would also prefer a laptop because you can take it anywhere, to the beach, to school, etc, while a pc makes you stay in one place. also, a pc is bulky, way too bulky for me. a laptop would look much nicer with the other furniture in the room. well, i'm still thankful for my pc. one thing it has going for it is that it has more memory than a laptop.
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
24 May 07
I have a desktop, and I like it a lot. But I would eventually like to get a laptop so that I could use it when I was out and about.
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• United States
23 May 07
I actually use both. At this moment, I'm using my desktop because I'm working from my home office and I need to print a considerable amount of pages. Later, while I'm doing homework with the kids, I'll bring out my laptop so I'm not chained to this desk. I originally purchased the laptop a few months after purchasing my desktop because I had to travel a lot for my job.
@aaamm3003 (398)
• India
16 Jun 07
i prefer desktop computer, laptop must be used for business purposes
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@ashu2077 (88)
• United States
28 May 07
Hi, Desktops give you more bang for the buck as compared to laptop. For a price of a highend laptop you can get a blazing fast desktop. So if being mobile is not an issue then desktop is the way to do computing. Ash
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@mike2003 (287)
• Philippines
16 Jun 07
Laptops are more practical and cost a lot...but if you really only spend most of your time at home, a desktop should be enough..there are other advantages of a desktop...I have both, a desktop at home and a laptop at work..But before it was only just a desktop..just saved enough and worked enough to get my laptop...
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• India
23 May 07
It has to be Laptop. Actually till date I have a Desktop at my home and I am using desktop at my office too. But I feel it is more convinient to use a laptop rather a desktop.
• United States
23 May 07
My last three computers have been laptops, I love them, I work from home and sit in my bed and work, I have such a blessed life. My only problem with the laptop is that the bottom of the laptop has a tendency to get quite warm that you either need to place it on a pad or a desk of sorts, which takes away from the truly laptop theme.
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@suman76 (648)
• India
23 May 07
Both computers have advantage and disadvantage. If you are good speeder you can not be do in your laptop and you can do the work in the computer very speedly. Secondly you can take laptop anywhere and access your mail but you can't do it in a computer. But still I can desktop computer is better.
• United States
23 May 07
I have a desktop but would love to have a laptop. I am so jealous of people that have them.You can take them anywhere which is more than I can say about the desktop
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@gizmo528 (731)
• United States
23 May 07
I have both a desktop and a laptop. I mainly use the desktop when I'm home and the laptop when we go on vacation or there are too many other people on the computers in the house. It's really hard to say which one I like the best because both of them have their benefits.
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@el_jeffo (750)
• Philippines
23 May 07
I have a desktop too, and I prefer it over the laptop. Partly because I won't have to worry about ever dropping it :) Also, desktops are more customizable because the CPU case has considerably more space than a laptop body, and if you do run out of space you can get a larger housing. Also, when something in your laptop breaks it's usually expensive to get it fixed. Desktop parts are more or less cheaper and easier to obtain and install.
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