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06 Apr 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M) |
Laptops vs Desktops
Hi everyone,
I just created this thread to fulfil a thought I had the other day. I was wondering what people's opinions were on laptops and desktops. I myself have always used a laptop as I need the portability but I know many people don't like the smaller size and the fact they are harder to service.
Which do you prefer? Laptop? Desktop? Or do you really not care what you use?
Tekno Venus
(Stephen) | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 15 L502x
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M)
CPU Intel Core i7 2630QM @2.00GHz
Memory 6GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Intergrated Graphics 3000, nVidia GT525M (1GB)
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Keyboard Backlit Dell XPS 15 L502x Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Hard Drives 750GB Seagate 7200rpm
Internet Speed 2.5 Mb/s down, 0.36 up
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06 Apr 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 USA |
Quote: Originally Posted by Tekno Venus  Hi everyone,
I just created this thread to fulfil a thought I had the other day. I was wondering what people's opinions were on laptops and desktops. I myself have always used a laptop as I need the portability but I know many people don't like the smaller size and the fact they are harder to service.
Which do you prefer? Laptop? Desktop? Or do you really not care what you use?
Tekno Venus
(Stephen) I voted desktops because I use a desktop as my primary computer. I do, however, use a laptop. I can lay down and use my laptop which is something that I can't do with my desktop. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion P7-1010
OS Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1
CPU AMD Athlon X4 645
Motherboard Foxxcon N-Alvorix RS880
Memory 6GB DDR3 1066
Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2011x
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Keyboard HP OEM- Made by Chicony
Mouse HP OEM- Made by Logitech
PSU Seasonic S12 II Bronze 380 Watt
Case HP OEM
Cooling Coolermaster Heatsink, AVC Case Fan
Hard Drives 1. Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2. 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 RPM
3. 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM
Internet Speed 20MBit Down/4 Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 9
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06 Apr 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
They really are two different machines and they both have there place. I would add that with a top shelf laptop you can set it up as I have as a screen and CPU and then run a wireless mouse and keyboard along with an additional monitor and now you have a mobile desktop masquerading as a laptop. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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06 Apr 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64 East Midlands |
I have a netbook but prefer using my desktop. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64
CPU AMD E-450 APU (64-Bit) @ 1.65GHz Dual-Core
Motherboard HP 3387 36.0A (Socket FT1)
Memory 4GB DDR3 @ 676MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Sound Card Beats Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays LCD HP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics TouchPad V 7.5/Logitech USB Wireless
PSU Microsoft Composite Battery - ACPI
Case HP
Cooling HP Cool Sense
Hard Drives 500GB - SATA Hitachi HTS547550A9E384
Internet Speed 24.0 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Opera
Other Info NIC - Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Belkin Black Laptop Cooling Stand
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06 Apr 2012
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#5 | |
7 x64 | 7 x64 Syracuse NY, USA |
I'm going to admit never to have owned a laptop untill early this year.
Found it to be a very usefull thing. Still lots I do with the desktop because it's the htpc and all. But for basic tasks, checking email etc., a laptop with a 14-15" screen is great. I can also run mine completely off solar my power system. That won't happen with the desktop, 2 monitors & a 37". Heck of a difference in footprints. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self - Build | Asus K53e Laptop
OS 7 x64 | 7 x64
CPU AMD 64x2 5400 2.8 | i5 Sandy Bridge
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H 3.3 | K53e
Memory 4 gigs GSkill ddr2 800 | 8 gigs Adata ddr3 1600
Graphics Card xFx HD5670 1 gig ddr5 | Intel HD 3000
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 19" Samsung 18" NEC & 37" Toshiba | 15.6
Keyboard Rosewill RK-800G PS/2 Gaming Keyboard | Asus Chiclet
Mouse Logitec MX518 | MS w/side buttons
PSU hec 485w dual rail | 65w
Case CoolMaster Centurion 534+
Cooling Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm Core Contact Freezer
Hard Drives 120 OCZ Vertex II ssd | 750 Caviar Black 7200 sata | 500 spinpoint
Internet Speed RoadRunner
Other Info Logitec x540 5.1 audio
Windows 7 Speech Recognition
Modified Air-flow / Cooling system
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06 Apr 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
Desktop at home as I need the screen size, laptop to go with us on holiday or weekend breaks as I can use it on the train or anyone of 3 million wi-fi hotspots around the world using BT Fon. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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06 Apr 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M) |
All interesting stuff.
I myself only have access to a laptop and have had to get use to working on a smaller screen. It's quite a shock when I've been using the school desktops all day and then coming back to my 15 inch laptop. I do all sorts of stuff on my laptop, photo editing, video editing, being on here!, homework etc. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 15 L502x
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M)
CPU Intel Core i7 2630QM @2.00GHz
Memory 6GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Intergrated Graphics 3000, nVidia GT525M (1GB)
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Keyboard Backlit Dell XPS 15 L502x Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Hard Drives 750GB Seagate 7200rpm
Internet Speed 2.5 Mb/s down, 0.36 up
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06 Apr 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate San Diego |
Heh, where is the "Both" option?!?!
I use my laptop when out in the field phtographing to preview/store images and my desktop at home for actual processing. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Scratch built
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU i7 960
Motherboard Asus P6X58D
Memory 12 Gig Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card Nvidia 480
Sound Card Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box
Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 and 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech G15 + N52 game pad
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corasair TX850
Case Cooler Master HAF
Cooling Corsair H50
Hard Drives Primary: Intel X-25M G2 160G SSD
Secondary: Segate baracuda 1.0 TB
HDs in AHCI mode.
Internet Speed 15kbs down 4.5kbps up
Other Info WEI 7.6
CPU & RAM 7.6
Graphics 7.9
Hard disk 7.7
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06 Apr 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M) |
Quote: Originally Posted by fseal Heh, where is the "Both" option?!?!
I use my laptop when out in the field phtographing to preview/store images and my desktop at home for actual processing. Doh!  Didn't think of that!!! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 15 L502x
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (O.E.M)
CPU Intel Core i7 2630QM @2.00GHz
Memory 6GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Intergrated Graphics 3000, nVidia GT525M (1GB)
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Keyboard Backlit Dell XPS 15 L502x Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Hard Drives 750GB Seagate 7200rpm
Internet Speed 2.5 Mb/s down, 0.36 up
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06 Apr 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 8 64 bit PRO Somewhere in California |
I own both I can say Desktop. It has larger screen size and more powerful hardware. Programs like photoshop, video editing, music editing or gaming tends to happen on my desktop.
Laptop I mainly use it for school to do facebook when I am bored | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway / Slight Modifications
OS Windows 8 64 bit PRO
CPU AMD Phenom X4 9100e
Motherboard Gateway RS780
Memory 2GB X2 DDR2
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway 19" + Dell 19"
Screen Resolution 1440X900 sometimes 2880 by 900
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse II
Mouse Gigabyte GM-M6800
PSU Antec BP 550watts
Case Antec 300
Cooling Stock Cooling
Hard Drives WD 80GB
WD 640GB
WD 1,000GB
Internet Speed D: 30Mbps U:4Mbps
Antivirus Avast version 8
Browser Internet Explorer ver 10 64 bit
Other Info This is my work computer.
I have another laptop running Windows 7 64 bit.
Another PC running Windows 8 64 bit pro.
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