Mindovermaster Moderator Posted April 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) I just want to know, do you use a Desktop for gaming, a Laptop for on the go? Upgradeability? Better or Worse? Cmon, boys (and girls), FIGHT!! Edited April 25, 2018 by Mindovermaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satukoro Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Why not both? I have a desktop for gaming and a laptop for on the go, and if I don't want to sit at my desk, I stream games from my desktop to my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted April 25, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2018 One way to look at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Shouldn't there be an option for 'both' in the poll? Some people use a laptop for gaming and to be mobile. I personally have a desktop that I use for gaming, because it generates a lot of heat and is noisy, so I have delegated it to that only. I have a Surface Book, with dock and extra monitor for my usual web browsing, watching movies, etc. I also have a secondary laptop with kali installed for pen-testing. If I had unlimited funds, I would have a sleek laptop with TB3 and pair that with an external gpu solution for gaming and probably dump my desktop all together. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted April 25, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Circaflex said: Shouldn't there be an option for 'both' in the poll? Some people use a laptop for gaming and to be mobile. There ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Laptop with dock. Unless you're a gamer, you can get the best of both worlds with a dock connected to a monitor and keyboard. There are also plenty of usb c/3 dock solutions that you can connect to a gaming laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted April 25, 2018 Member Share Posted April 25, 2018 Tower system and a convertible laptop. The tower is my media server, gaming system and "heavy lifting" machine. The convertible is my travel machine - light duty, reading, playing videos, a couple older/mobile games. I couldn't really do without either. I wouldn't want to be tied to one place with the tower for everything, and I couldn't get by with just the lesser power of the laptop. dragontology 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragontology Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I vote both. I love desktops. I've built all four of mine that I've had since, well, the last one I didn't. Got one desktop as a graduation gift from my dad. Second one I got for signing up for 2 years of DSL (I'm not joking; Pac Bell and it was a Compaq Presario with a 600MHz Celeron, 10GB HDD, 64MB RAM...). Third one my stepmother bought me to celebrate her new job (at the shop she bought it from). After that I built them. Built with AMD the first three times to save money, then I got serious and got a Xeon. I got a laptop for writing, but I haven't done much of that. I was looking pretty hard at an HP Spectre, but I got an Asus for about the same that had double the hard drive space and a GeForce 940MX. It can play Fallout 3/New Vegas and Skyrim, but not Fallout 4. It's a good little machine. When my wife's on the desktop (and for some reason she won't use the laptop... probably likes the bigger screen, I have a 23" monitor and the laptop's only like 15.6"), I just get on the laptop, if not the Xbox. Depending on what I wanna do. If I wasn't a gamer I would have strongly considered a MacBook/Air/Pro. Apple's pretty expensive, though. Can't get around that. Then again, if I wasn't a gamer, my iPhone could fill the mobile PC void. Smartphones have gotten really good over the past few years. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) I never liked Laptop, its really hard to use its little keyboard and touch-pad is just a nightmare. I always prefer Tab over laptop, which is IMO is better alternative. and I use Desktop for gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted April 26, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2018 Both, tower desktop for media/work/gaming and the laptop for some on the go media, light work. If you don't need much out of the laptop you can get some good ones around the $500 range and be good. I got a HP with 7th gen i7 and 8GB ram on sale for $480 or so iirc, gotta love black Friday. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 26, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted April 26, 2018 I have a desktop, laptop (fairly old and used for work processes where I may need to move it, kinda like a diagnostic machine) and a Surface. Speaking as a PC enthusiast and gamer... these days, unless you really want to play new games, a PC may be superfluous to the user's needs. Yea, it can be upgraded... but with the state hardware has been stagnating in compared to software development, a decent laptop will last a while. My laptop was designed for Vista and runs 10 fine, if I don't push it. I even do video import/encoding. If absolutely necessary, there are plenty of ports that connect HDMI and USB/bluetooth for keyboard and mouse, where you really won't know the difference. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted April 26, 2018 Supervisor Share Posted April 26, 2018 I think the last time I had a desktop was around 2003, and that was the family one. Ever since I've had my own devices they've been laptops due to portability. Sure, it's unfortunate that I miss out on some games (Witcher 3, XCOM 2, and now Battletech) but I can't justify buying a desktop for those few titles. There are plenty of other less intensive games that run perfectly fine on my current laptop and I also have a PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 26, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted April 26, 2018 Well, you can make a decent non-gaming PC really cheap... but it is very limited compared to a laptop's mobility. I've set up most of my non-techie family with laptops, and they're perfectly happy. I don't see how giving them a desktop to check facebook and browse the web would improve their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted April 26, 2018 MVC Share Posted April 26, 2018 I have a desktop and several laptops (and a server, but irrelevant to the question). I really don't find myself using my desktop very much - it's located in my office and clearly doesn't move. I don't know if I'll replace when becomes obsolete. I don't game on any of my computers so that level of performance just isn't important to me. I tend to use my laptops a lot more as they move around, and I can use them in the living room or dining room as well as when I am away from home. The first laptop I reach for is my Chromebook, but depending on the task at hand will grab my aging MacBook Air or my now almost ancient Windows/Linux Laptop. For 99% of my tasks my Chromebook is sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedroth Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Desktop. If I'm playing games, I'm sat at my desk, where my desktop is. I have a laptop, but it's an Acer Aspire 5420G and the age of it suggests how much I don't use a laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaCrip Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Desktops are clearly superior unless portability is paramount. this really goes without saying. everything's just better on a desktop outside of portability as it's cheaper/more powerful and just gets things done quicker since using a mouse is much faster than using a touch pad to navigate things and not to mention the screen is much bigger to. so if you have to pick between the two, Desktops are the obvious choice overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 just desktop for me. i feel like the odd one out, but when i'm not at home, i've never wanted to have a computer with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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