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Am I an old millenial because I have a desktop and find even a laptop too restrictive?
Phone = small
Tablet = medium
Desktop = big
Laptop = worst mashup of everything
laptops are great when you need to be mobile with your set up, lugging an entire PC back and forth between places is a bit of a chore yk
I've had a windows tablet for this reason.
It's great if I'm at home and want something compact to watch stuff in bed, but I can also grab it in a backpack with a low profile keyboard and mouse and now I have the weight of something like a netbook but more powerful.
there's still the niche of people who work with graphics who need to be mobile (a lot of photographers & filmmakers, and quite the number of people who work with 2D & 3D graphics).
powerful laptops are not something bad, you're just not the target audience
Oh for sure, I am not questioning the need for more powerful tablets if it fits your work/life style.
I do think that a lighter weight tablet would probably be better for a lot of people who don't necessarily need GPU tasks/intensive CPU tasks on the go.
Laptops allow you to have LAN parties every single day
thats why i have a streaming server on my desktop. the laptop feels crazy fast if i have good internet on the go, at the much lower cost of a desktop.
Nah depends. On laptop. Decent specs and 15,6" screen is really great if you're out of your house. But if there is a pc next to it that is better of course. I would say tablet is the worst of everything. Big ass phone with noe real features over phoke except larger screen. What the fuck you even do with that except browse internet? Laptop on the other hand has bunch of io ports and can be used for engineering work and with cars and for programming
Binge-watch Stargate while sitting 7 hours in a train.
I mean fair enough
Indeed.
Or read Manga/eBooks, take notes using a stylus + note taking app, play video games using PlayStation Remote Play, etc. I also use Samsung Dex for playing movies on TVs while traveling.
Solid use case 👍.
Exactly right. Big laptops are great. My desktop monitors are even more bigasser
When do we finally get phones with a full Linux OS that you can plug into a docking station with monitors, keyboard and mouse attached?
I've been waiting for this for 15 years.
I'm in my 40's and haven't bought a laptop yet. The need has never come up. I do purchases and all serious browsing on my desktop because big monitor and good focused seating position. Every time I have somehow had to use a laptop has been uncomfortable. They are slow, the screen is too small, pointing and clicking takes forever unless you connect a mouse, the ergonomics is just terrible.
I’m almost 40 and just got my first laptop for work recently. I find myself creating and editing documents on my desktop and only using the laptop to view them and to make some minor corrections while away from the desktop. I could do that more comfortably with a tablet tbh.
It does help if the laptop has touchscreen though. I hate trackpads and will never get used to them.
I love my laptop
Nope, Tablets are the worse of all worlds.
Can't run a proper OS for getting things done, too big to make phone calls on.
Attaching a keyboard and mouse to one is basically saying what you really need is a laptop.
Phone = small, always attached screen.
Laptop = medium, portable screen that conveniently comes with keyboard and mouse
Desktop = large, multiple screens, for srsbsns
I am a young Gen X and i am the same way.
Young Gen X is starting to become an oxymoron. I’m there too.
Back in the 90s my grandpa had the webtv. He said his computer monitor was too small. We thought he was a fucking lunatic.
He was a fucking lunatic. The TV screen may have been physically larger, but the resolution was shit and the WebTV's browser was shit.
Same. I ended up getting a laptop with a docking station and it's a decent compromise.
Coward. Build your own PC and you can have every everything for half the price (especially if you can get your work to issue you a laptop and docking station for work stuff)
But can I sit on the couch and play games on my lap with a built PC
Yep, just run an HDMI cable from your PC to your TV or run a CAT6 to a Steam Link (some some similar bit of hardware) and you're good to go
Yeah, I have a desktop for the heavy lifting and phone for whatever on the go. Laptop just feels like an unfortunate compromise.
Desktops are the most restrictive, the ONLY way to use it to say at some desk or whatever. I can use my laptop anywhere inside the house, outside the house, around the house, under the house, on the couch, on the stairs, in my bed, in the car, sitting, standing, walking, hanging upside down, lying, crying, flying or dying.
this only makes sense to me if your laptop screen is like 480p
I have a desktop because I find a laptop too restrictive (but I don't really game or anything) and I book travel on my phone
~~U~~ I end up using my phone more than my pc now a days and I don't own a tablet or laptop. Why would I want either of those things?
Having a physical keyboard might let you spell the word "I" correctly, for one.
NO U
I'm a big purchase desktop kinda person, but there are always Bluetooth physical keyboards you can use with your phone. There are even nifty folding ones that can fit in your pocket.
Ya, but if I'm gonna do that, then I may as well just buy a mechanical Bluetooth one and sling it around with me all day. I only keep 4 things in my pockets my keys, my wallet, my phone, and my pepperspray or gun, depending on how I'm feeling that day(I don't just have it loose i use a pocket holster).
To each their own, as long as you know you've got options.
Yes, because only people on phones or other devices without a physical keyboard make typos. And you have definitely never ever made a mistake in your life. Right?
It was just an offhand joke that I couldn't resist, no offense intended. I guess quick access to emoji to convey tone is one point for phones!
If you don't want a laptop that's fine, more power to you. That said, you can at least acknowledge that many people would be able to perform some tasks much faster and more reliably with a laptop.