Desktop
Laptop
Both
Well I haven't had a desktop since 2003 & XP single core amd chipped laptop I got then still works OK - thanks in part to my pc maintenance skills ... despite quadrupling RAM to 2gig it is slow & screen is dull & its now kept as spare & I got a samsung x64 win7 a few months ago with a fill size keyboard including numberpad at side which I expect to last me 7 years or more.
Well, I've been hit with both by an ex-girlfriend so I guess that's a vote for both. Seriously though, each does have its own advantages and disadvantages, so I got to go for door #3 as well, both.
The notion that a laptop is to used on ones lap is a misnomer. The current speed and processor power requires a large amount of air to flow and no way with heat and air flow should a laptop be used for any serious amount of time on ones lap. So if this is the reality they too are desktop machines that are portable. I love having the freedom to roam with the laptop/notebook but for any serious work it's always back to the full tower !
I am sorry to say but in a few weeks here I will be buying an iPad for my portable browsing around my home.
I have a beefy desktop computer that I will use for gaming/graphics/video editing/typing long things/etc.. BUT, I have used an iPad to browse the internet at my friends house on his couch and I absolutely loved it.
TL/DR : I will be getting an iPad instead of a Laptop to browse the internet on my couch/around the house, but I will never fully revert to an apple product as a full replacement :) <3 Windows 7!
Yeah maybe wait for this xmas for the Win7 tablets to hit instead :)
I too LOVE the formfactor, look/feel of the ipad but..no thanks. I'd MUCH rather have a real OS that I can put my own stuff on and configure and work with my windows stuff, simple network sharing, no "syncing" etc...
If I could only pick one, it would have to be a desktop. I'm sure I'd enjoy having a laptop too if I traveled much but I'd only be using it when I couldn't get access to my desktop.
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