Community weekly poll: What is your primary computer?
- 4/12/07 4:34 PM
What is your primary computer?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 4/12/07 4:34 PM
What is your primary computer?
- Desktop (By choice or necessity?)
- Laptop (By choice or necessity?)
- Equal time on both (Which one do you prefer?)
- Other (What is it?)
PC Desktop..fits my budget.
by castingRod47 - 4/13/07 2:15 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I did not start out thinking I would become a Digital Photographer..I just bought a Desktop right out of the blue..
It became apart of my Internet Surfing/I was useing an Internet Reciever made by COMPAq..
I had been making CDs on my JVC CD Recorder for my Portable CD Player..and useing a Cell Phone..made by NOKIA..
I dropped the Cingular account and bought a PC..
I called DELL(still have that Catalog)..
and a salesperson sold me a DELL Dimension 2350(P4)..
and within a couple of months I was researching DVD-movie making..
I added about $$400.00 as upgrades to the Dimension and it stayed alive for about 3-4 years(very heavy workload)..
And I re-built it into a P4 3.0 GHz..Intel D915GAG Mobo..500-watt PSU..1GB RAM..XP-Pro SP2..
So now in the realm of building a PC..my budget is revived..
Laptops are nice..I would consider owning a Laptop..
But it would be a luxury..
I actually spent $$179.00 on a 7-inch LCD Screen to use w/the OUTPUT of my Camcorder..
..
Since I like to water proof..this was the way to go..
But I did not know about the Panasonic TOUGHBOOK..but that's $$2000.00..
..
Desktops can handle the peripherals..
a Laptop might NOT.
I Own Both
by krazyken44 - 4/13/07 4:39 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I prefer my homebuilt desktop full tower powerhouse to my laptop. The reason is so simple. My desktop I can tear it down and add a new motherboard, two large hardrives, or whatever I want to add. I can do this at a reasonable price too.
Now, I like the laptop and it can be added to also. Add a few USB or firewire devices, like harddrives, printers, and scanners and it's got more to give it a boost in many ways, but it's not portable then. I should mention costs are more when add goodies I to a laptop, than my desktop goodies. I can't change my video card and some other hardware easily either. This makes the desktop better in many ways to me except one way, it's not portable.
Desktop all the way
by Alain Martel1 - 4/13/07 4:52 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I only use a desktop. The main reason is that I don't have any use for a laptop. My second reason is that, usualy, a laptop cost more, sometimes a LOT more, than a desktop for the same performance level.
Third reason: have you ever tried assembling your own laptop? My desktop is home built.
it depends
by bheiser - 4/13/07 4:52 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For me it is a laptop at work (because that's what was provided), and a desktop at home (because I built it, and a desktop platform has more options for expandability and/or swapping components).
Appreciate each for it's Advantages
by rkbush - 4/13/07 5:17 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a 2001 model Compaq Armada P-3 700MGHz laptop (got it used from an Enron "lost our lease" sale...) and a Dell Dimension E510 I bought a year ago. If I only had one to own--it would be a TOUGH decision. My laptop is amazing...handles anything you can throw at it, and though there is a noticeable increase in response time--not annoyingly so. I got a desktop mostly for its ability to add many peripherals and I like the big 19" screen over the 14.1" on the Compaq--and the brightness much better. I use relatively small HDs (40GB and 80MB in Dell). I much prefer to have large additional external drives...it seems to me it's better to have a nice fast drive unencumbered by tons of photos or office records while it spins around trying to find and run programs. My total investment is about $1400--with added memory. That's not a ton of money--unless you are seriously strapped for cash. I think having one of each is best. I wonder how many of the new buyers already have a desktop PC and are adding a laptop? Laptops do have some limitations--the tiny space for electronic additions like memory. My Compaq is limited to 576MB and notebook memory stick aren't cheap. I think the profile of those who spend a lot of time on a computer will buy some of everything. Human nature.
Laptop
by BWTI - 4/13/07 5:49 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Me laptop, it's necessary for my works, because I travel out a lot.
Primary... ahhhhh hmmm
by gleaf - 4/13/07 6:06 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Primary is like asking which screwdriver in the tool box is primary.
(the one most cross functional as a hammer)?
GPS maps and travel interface; laptop.
Size and space a requirement(air travel); lap top.
SUV and have space (I'm 60 and the kids are grown)
then a desk top/flat screen/keyboard and roll up keyboard
go in the car and come along. wife bringing more luggage..
then plan B lap top.
350 va inverter and portable..
Also keeps the laptop full charge on a long trip.
Primary is the one that fits what I'm doing and the conditions.
Backbone of life is the Desktops, I dont expect the lap top to
have that performance or capacity. It has its place(often).
I mainly use my laptop
by ranron - 4/13/07 6:11 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've Lenovo T60p. It's got top of the line everything when I bought it a year ago and it still works amazingly. I do have a desktop, but I use it only for gaming, Photoshop/Premiere, and CAD.
At the moment Desktop
by x.killeddestiny.x - 4/13/07 6:13 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
ya... my laptops in the processes of being repaired right now by me cuz it has no warentee for the next few weeks my Dell laptops gonan collect dust while I use my computer which is a sad excuse for a fire hazard.
Desktop Here
by john55440 - 4/13/07 6:41 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My perception is that desktop computers are more cost-effective, more reliable, more powerful and expandable, have more ports, and better keyboards, than laptop computers.
Since I do my computing in one spot, I don't need a laptop computer.
Answer to the Question about the necessity of Laptop
by kristk - 4/13/07 7:16 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For me Laptop is minimum requirement. and i cannot do without it, hence the help you extend to clean up the system now and then is highly appreciated.
Thanking you,
Your's truly
Dr.T.Krishna Kanth
Down from "My LAN is the computer" to one laptop.
by whozatmac - 4/13/07 7:26 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have used numerous platforms, and had many laptops and desktops over the years. Only in the last two years have I really come to the place where I can use my laptop exclusively, but the performance gains in the mobile arena have truly made desktop systems irrelevant to the majority of users.
The move to laptops and the wifi world are truly liberating for me. I use my computer and the internet extensively for research, creating documents, and media production work. I feel like I can finally leave my office and home, after a decade of being essentially unable to work in a coffee shop, pub, restaurant, or park, because there was no access to the essential network resources, and the performance difference was monumental, with laptops featuring lousy screens, tiny storage devices, and limited (if any) internet connectivity.
My latest laptop (about 18 months old now) is plenty fast enough for all the work I do. If I needed more power, the ones on the market today would handle a video project without need for external support. The externalization of devices through the USB standard allows more or less unlimited expandability.
To make a long story short, I built an Uber desktop (Quad core, gigs and gigs of RAM, yadda, yadda) and could not really feel much difference in the work I was doing. Outside of a few specialized fields I don't think most of us need more power than a $600 laptop offers, or can even reap noticeable productivity gains. Trying to use two computers for one human is a productivity drain, what with the need to sync, carry, copy, etc. all the files in use, the risk of forgetting a file (and flying across the globe away from it). Learning to adapt to the laptop only lifestyle is well worth it for the gains offered simply in always having the same desktop, arranged the same way, with the same files and applications, just there in your briefcase. It's kinda retro, like when I worked from paper notebooks and legal pads 
The Quad Core is now a ridiculously overpowered backup server and print server for my laptop.
UMPC
by jwrupe - 4/13/07 7:31 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I own them all, but use my Q1P most, when its my choice. I moved my home business to it recently, and that includes data, files, everything. Life is good...
A computer for everything
by mrskelly - 4/13/07 8:02 PM In reply to: What is your primary computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Naybe it's just me, but I have 3 laptops and a desktop -- the desktop has its uses, but by far I use the laptops, each for a different purpose. I have an older Gateway that I've kept Office 2003 on and use for instruction, an IBM X41 tablet for working on the fly and doing the website and an HP media center for working with photos and video. The desktop could do it all, but I hate to be tethered to a desk.
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