I said goodbye to my desktop


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Lame as it may sound, I sold my desktop, and it was an emotional good-bye. Some parts I have had in there since 7th grade (2003) such as my CD burner and the case.

Being at school, I just don't have room in my dorm to have a desktop any bigger then the micro ones, which for the price I got my laptop for ($450) I was better off with what I got. Being home only 2-3 months out of the year sealed the deal.

I'll probably build another one in 2 years when I have my own room, but by then I would get a Core i7, micro ATX case etc.

After selling my old laptop and desktop with LCD, I ended up being up about $300, not that bad

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I did the same thing a few years ago, I had a Pentium 4 desktop that was a real dream but the motherboard wouldn't allow for a certain combination of RAM with the processor I had in it and when I upgraded and sold the old processor I didn't realize that there were issues until afterwards... weird shutdowns, the system wouldn't boot up, blue screens, you name it... decided to part it off and bought a Dell XPS desktop, which was a blast but the power consumption was ridiculous so I wound up sending it back per the return policy and bought an HP notebook, and now I have a MacBook Pro.

Personally I like having the added option of being mobile when I want to be, most of the time my notebook is on my desk but it's so much easier to move a notebook with you compared to a desktop, and the performance of notebooks these days rivals some desktop PCs. I think in another year or two you'll see a huge shift towards notebooks, it's already started.

Not enough storage space for me to permanently switch to a laptop. I do have an older Latitude D610 laptop with Windows Vista Business on it but I only use it for web browsing occasionally. My desktop does everything else for me...although I no longer game at all.

I did the laptop thing for a year - it wasn't for me. Sure, it's a lot more portable, but for it to be comfortable I need an external monitor and a full-size keyboard/mouse, so I might as well just have a desktop.

Yep,

Have no use for a laptop. Way to uncomfortable for as much time as I spend working and playing.

I know how you feel though giving up something like that.

Not enough storage space for me to permanently switch to a laptop. I do have an older Latitude D610 laptop with Windows Vista Business on it but I only use it for web browsing occasionally. My desktop does everything else for me...although I no longer game at all.

External HD, and get a laptop with an eSATA port.

Gaming was the big reason why I didnt do it before. But I got tired of having to upgrade to play games (GTA IV anyone) and realized that my 360 could pump out better graphics then my desktop could, so I replaced it with that.

I'm going to be a laptop only bloke come January. I'm getting a prebuilt laptop with a dualcore processor and 4 GB ram, I'll upgrade to Win 7 later in the year.

I need to be mobile and I'm not gaming much if any coming soon.

I did the opposite, I went from laptop only to desktop as my main and laptop for mobility. I mainly did it because I was afraid of security and stability for my data. Having used a laptop for the better part of the decade, laptop theft is a constant threat, even though it never happend to me, and constant mobility wears down the equipment. I have had 3 Hard disk replacements in the last 7 years.

Idealy, I would have a desktop and a laptop, but i've found it way too convient having a netbook for classes. On the other hand though, my netbook isnt powerful enough to do photo editing on the go (which happens on a lot of my last-minute photo assignments, and its not practical to haul my desktop down to the School's newspaper office to edit photos.

I bought a budget 15.4in laptop one and half year ago when I started going to college. Very useful in terms of portability, like taking notes in lectures and completing online quizzes at my friend's dorm. But obviously the downside there isn't enough power for gaming.

I will be going for a near maxed out Dell or HP laptop after I graduate in 2010. Hopefully that will play games a lot better.

I don't see myself getting rid of desktop machines any time soon.

For one thing, laptop hard drives need to match desktop hard drives in both price and capacity. To those suggesting external hard drives for this purpose--well, that means you've pretty much just commited yourself to always leaving the laptop in the same place, which removes the primary benefit of having a laptop to begin with. Plus you still need to buy the enclosure.

I need to be able to hook up at least 3 monitors. There are solutions, but they're certainly not as cost-effective as a desktop.

You can throw in just about any old spare hardware you may have in a desktop (memory, extra video cards, hard drives, etc), and there ya go, extra value. Laptops, OTOH, you pretty much have to replace existing components. RAM upgrade? Take out the existing stick, 'cuz you only have one slot (or two). Video, for all practical intents and purposes, is impossible to upgrade. Hard drives--again--you either have to go external, or replace the existing one, which means having to transfer everything over. You can just add a hard drive to a desktop at any time.

That being said, laptops certainly have their place; it all depends on how you use a computer--I'm just saying I'm not seeing myself using a laptop as my primary machine, ever.

when i have room in my house for an office ill go back to having a desktop... until then, laptop for me :p

i love my laptop, its thin AND powerful so its great... cost an absolute fortune initially though :(

coming up for 3 years old now, i am considering just replacing it with a VAIO Z Series :drool:

External HD, and get a laptop with an eSATA port.

Gaming was the big reason why I didnt do it before. But I got tired of having to upgrade to play games (GTA IV anyone) and realized that my 360 could pump out better graphics then my desktop could, so I replaced it with that.

Not worth the price increase over bare OEM HDDs that I can just add into my desktop. Not to mention that my desktop can keep them running cooler and provide cleaner power to them.

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