Desktop-Age or Laptop-Age: Which are you?

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My last four primary computers have been laptops. I've been a Laptop-Age member for the last 8 years or so. Well I sold my laptop in March after building a desktop and haven't looked back. Even when I owned a "gaming" laptop I never used it to play games because the experience was just so god awful. I fretted about ruining the battery and about overheating issues. It was cumbersome, uncomfortable to use, and even with a 17" screen I felt constrained. They all had top end mobile CPUs but I never used them for CPU intensive activities because they were still not powerful enough for the things I'd want to do.

Now that I own a good desktop I don't know what I was thinking wasting all my time with those high end laptops. I was looking at those Macbook Pros in that other thread and holy shit. $2500 for those specs. You could put together a desktop PC that obliterates that thing in terms of specs (including a monitor) AND have enough left over to buy a high res display ultrabook like the Samsung ATIV Book 9 you could use for RDP and light portable computing.

Oh well. Rant over. What's your every day computer of choice? Laptop or desktop and why?
 
Desktop here. Much cheaper to build something much more powerful (and quieter!), and I don't travel anywhere near enough to need a laptop.

I can understand gaming laptops if you spend months abroad or something, though.
 
Desktop, because I sit at a desk to play PC games and enjoy my nice graphics card and giant monitor.

I rarely travel and own a house.
 
Both, depends on my day. If I'm out and about or traveling, I use the laptop. Used to be my primary work platform as well (took it with me to my last job) so I was used to it.

Recently invested in building my own PC and I've never been happier with my home gaming/fapping situation.
 
I have a Macbook Air for my portable (and Mac) needs and a nice built PC for my home needs. Triple mounted monitors, good power/storage. I can't ever see me NOT having a desktop computer. At the same time, I do enjoy having a laptop as well.
 
I have an asus gaming laptop hooked up to 2 24 inch monitors and it serves me very well. I do however realise that a desktop can destroy it with ease. I can still play most games on high just fine though.

I want my setup to be silent so that's why, the laptop is really quiet.

Might go for a 750ti passive cooled desktop soon.
 
Desktop all the way. Having a full size keyboard is just so much better for getting work done. The screen size is nice too. I don't even really use my laptop save for some rare instance where a teacher/prof might ask the class to bring their laptops in. Good old fashion pencil and paper is better for taking notes anyway.
 
Desktop for most things, find laptop uncomfortable. If I need to do work in the library then I have a smallish Lenovo that I drag along but I try to avoid using it really.
 
desktop at home, i build the ridiculous thing last year and haven't looked back when I'm home. actually, i just use my ipad nowadays for when i'm not on my desktop, much lighter than my macbook pro and good for what i need it for. now that i think about it, i only really use my macbook pro for when i go travelling.
 
Desktop. I need to be able to upgrade asynchronously and not to be constrained by less powerful parts. My work is in front of my computer and my hobby at home is in front of a computer. I don't need to haul them around as well.
 
I went from Laptop to Desktop. I think both have their pros and cons.

With a laptop, everything is straight forward. Like a console, you can just plug it in and start working. The cons of a laptop is the specs can be very weak and you're constantly putting up with stuff like heat issues. One thing I enjoy not using a laptop anymore, is not having my fingers burn while typing!

With PC, you got much more power available to you. Everything is custom so you can replace monitors or keyboards on the fly. Where the desktop becomes a bother is maintenance. Everything has to be configured properly or your PC wont work at all. PC's also seem much more fragile.

Maybe it's just me but for all my laptop time, I never ran into a single issue with it. Whereas with PC, I had my PSU die, GPU acting all weird, monitor being defective, blue screen of death etc.
 
I use a desktop for storing things, Windows stuff, and playing games, and a laptop (Macbook Air) for school or doing things out of the house, general use when I don't feel like sitting at my desk, and any OSX/iOS-specific work.

The Macbook was the first laptop I ever bought. Wasn't really sold on if a laptop would be useful to me, but having one has actually been a lifesaver on a few occasions.
 
My 2010 Macbook Pro still works perfectly fine, added an SSD, upgraded the RAM replaced the battery and it was like a brand new machine
 
Both.

Desktop is the HUB - it's for heavy gaming, major software apps like photoshop and audition, and it's where my networked drives are connected. I built it a few years ago and have been constantly modding it. I'm not on it all the time (about once a week), but it's the core of the household.

Laptop is for the couch. I always have my laptop right next to me. I use it for light games, web surfing, documents, spreadsheets, streaming video. I use it every day.
 
Laptop, since I am studying abroad and don't want to deal with shipping a desktop back and forth from my home.

I'll eventually get a desktop, but not anytime soon.
 
I've had desktops very very rarely. I've had laptops since I got my first computer though.

I'd love to get a desktop at some point though, just so that I can get into PC gaming.

Right now, I'm using a MacBook Pro which is by far the nicest laptop (or computer for that matter) that I have ever owned. All my other laptops were horrible budget ones, but this one definitely seems like a huge cut above them.
 
Gaming Laptops FTW
Can't wait for Broadwell/Maxwell for my next purchase :)
Also, the future for laptops looks brighter (eg Desktop broadwell cpus delays, Intel concentrating on mobile/low power tech etc).

And Last but not least, portability.
I "need" a computer that can be moved.
 
Mid-to-high-end desktop PC with Windows for gaming at home.

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13" MacBook Pro with Retina for computing on the go or while lounging around at home.

Love this combination. I prefer Mac OS X for everyday use and the MacBook is a damn fine device. I wouldn't be able to justify the $2500 or whatever for the 15" version with the dedicated graphics, though.
 
I used to go laptop all the time until I realized that I barely ever brought it with me. Since then, I use a desktop.
 
They all have their uses.

Gaming desktop... for gaming.

rMBP... for everything else.

iPad... for comfy-couch browsing.
 
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