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VMWare ESX, OpenOffice, Firefox mainly.
Some few games.
I try to reduce the MS products as possible, and replace them with freeware software products which are great!
Unfortunatelly i still have a huge dependance on Windows to run games... :-(
Some few games.
I try to reduce the MS products as possible, and replace them with freeware software products which are great!
Unfortunatelly i still have a huge dependance on Windows to run games... :-(
arogot
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23 inch screens are nice, very nice, they beat any 15 inch screen, also 3ds max likes an i7 more then a centrino duo for rendering/starting up (haha) i have both laptop and desktop and my desktop is my primary work station. when batteries catch up to my wall outlet i will be far more open to investing into a laptop. batteries are the primary negative force working against laptops even with laptops taking over the market share.
Zenthar
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At home, the only things I run on my main desktop that requires a desktop are games. I got a few spare PCs that run my databases and some other OS I "play" with.
The thing I find "funny" is that, for me at least, that is also the reason why I stick with Windows. The day I won't play games on my PC (desktop or laptop), I will most definitely switch to 100% linux environment (and will probably need to upgrade my PC every 4-5 years instead of 12-18 months.
The thing I find "funny" is that, for me at least, that is also the reason why I stick with Windows. The day I won't play games on my PC (desktop or laptop), I will most definitely switch to 100% linux environment (and will probably need to upgrade my PC every 4-5 years instead of 12-18 months.
1. Power which is needed for playing games and working with demanding apps like Photoshop and other Adobe products.
2. Screen size. You don't expect to work on a 17" while working on Photoshop. In addition most laptop screens are crap for creating graphics and/or working with images on.
3. Crap audio chips. While you can get some good graphics on very expensive laptops, sound quality still crap.
4. Initial cost, very limited upgrade paths.
Generally because desktops are much better than laptops
2. Screen size. You don't expect to work on a 17" while working on Photoshop. In addition most laptop screens are crap for creating graphics and/or working with images on.
3. Crap audio chips. While you can get some good graphics on very expensive laptops, sound quality still crap.
4. Initial cost, very limited upgrade paths.
Generally because desktops are much better than laptops
If I would have notebook, I would probably took it with me on holidays(it would be too hard to persuade myself to live it at home). So I don't have one.
I have one of the Sager laptops (at work so cant look up which model) and I can play everything up to Crysis (on medium/high settings) without any problems. Fallout 3 didn't even tax my laptop and oblivion doesn't even come close.
Surprisingly enough Gothic 3 kills my system but i think that's due more to bad coding
Surprisingly enough Gothic 3 kills my system but i think that's due more to bad coding
I don't think the difference is that great anymore. I only paid about 1,200 for laptop and it plays games like Crysis very well(2.4Core2, 2 gig ram, nvidia 9600gt). I'm sure a desktop for the same price would do better than my laptop but not that much better
hardwarekid9756
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God I can't imagine running Handbrake or FlaskMPEG or VirtualDUB on anything BUT a desktop. I do all of my Photoshopping on my desktop and all of my Premiere work, also. I used a relatively modern laptop a while back, and it just couldn't hold a candle. It was a difference of about an hour in ,y h.264 Handbrake stuff, about a half-hour with DivX and like 10sec/filter in gIMP/Photoshop. Premiere is snappy almost-instantaneous with my cuts/effects, and it was lethargic and "hour-glassy" on the laptop. And on a separate note, I've yet to run across an appreciable DX10 laptop. Some of them are able to do DX9 content appreciably, and most can do DX10 at like 1280x, but I play games at 1650x1080, and no laptop I've been on save a few multi-thousand books compare. And lordy, I see my boss running a Virtual Machine on his laptop and I couldn't handle how painfully slow it is.
So, the desktop has it's place, the same place it always had: CPU-intensive tasks that need high-heat/high-energy parts and GPU-intensive apps that need high-draw/large-scale parts. For "basic" things like ripping CDs, AIM, Office-oriented tasks, the laptop will dominate.
So, the desktop has it's place, the same place it always had: CPU-intensive tasks that need high-heat/high-energy parts and GPU-intensive apps that need high-draw/large-scale parts. For "basic" things like ripping CDs, AIM, Office-oriented tasks, the laptop will dominate.
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Applications? Most games I guess. While laptops are suitable, there's always something better on the desktop world for graphics and processors, so might as well go with the best, right?
I can't comfortably sit at a desk and work on a laptop. I still require the keyboard and mouse to be positioned properly, and I need the Natural keyboards also. The screen needs to be positioned properly as well, which can't be done with a laptop. So ergonomics alone mean I won't be working on a laptop ever.
I can't comfortably sit at a desk and work on a laptop. I still require the keyboard and mouse to be positioned properly, and I need the Natural keyboards also. The screen needs to be positioned properly as well, which can't be done with a laptop. So ergonomics alone mean I won't be working on a laptop ever.
Anything that involves using a computer as a "grunt" box is worth having a desktop around for. Encoding or transcoding of video files, large scale file scanning, or anything that requires an always-on solution. The notebook, yes, could do all of these things, but I have no desire to leave such a machine running 24/7 to do it.
Anytime you need to work with confidential data -- from bank statements to membership lists -- there is no web service provider that can guarantee privacy for your data. This means that a very large portion of the corporate, academic, and personal computing market requires a desktop solution which can keep confidential data local, and private.
1) Any development tool.
2) Any analysis tool.
3) Any app that you want to have secured data.
4) Any app that requires real time processing results. (eg: SIP+MRCP)
5) Parallel Computing Apps (eg: CUDA)
3&4 apply to average users.... so cloud computing is just a money grab and way to control information.
2) Any analysis tool.
3) Any app that you want to have secured data.
4) Any app that requires real time processing results. (eg: SIP+MRCP)
5) Parallel Computing Apps (eg: CUDA)
3&4 apply to average users.... so cloud computing is just a money grab and way to control information.
*Price/Performance ratio: For the video processing I do (encoding/decoding/transcoding) - a desktop is more bang for the buck.
*Customizable - a lot easier to buy a new graphics card or soundcard, add memory etc, on a desktop than a laptop.
That said, I own mini-laptop as well, for emailing and surfing around the house etc.
*Customizable - a lot easier to buy a new graphics card or soundcard, add memory etc, on a desktop than a laptop.
That said, I own mini-laptop as well, for emailing and surfing around the house etc.
Gaming, dual big screen monitors, ease of upgrading and even though I could use a wireless mouse and keyboard with my laptop I don't but I do prefer them so that's another reason for using my desktop.
I still prefer my desktops by a big margin, I don't habe a laptop but work on 'em regularly cause I work at a computer shop.
1) For gaming a desktop provides much better value for money, and for the latest games a laptop is not an option at all.
2) I do loads of things 'at the same time' on my computer and therefore need lots of RAM, for the desktop this is easier quase you get 4 slots instead of 2 and the price is lower.
3) I don't have a lot of patience with computers cause I find my time is too limited so I really hate waiting for 'em. I noticed that it was really worth my money when I replaced my harddrives with 10K rpm (first SCSI and now SATA Raptors) If I work all the extra hours that I gain from this move I can easily justify the cost and buy something nice too, or work less and get more free time. With laptops this is painfull cause the disks are really extremely slow compared to mine and SSD is much to expensive for the small ammount of data.
4) I prefer to build my own computers and upgrade parts regularly so I determine my budget/quality/speed in every aspect. If I wanted to buy a laptop that could be compared to my desktop the price would be astronomical.
5) If one works a lot on a PC next to the laptop you would still need a decent monitor (preferably a SIPS panel monitor, laptop TN panels are crap especially the glare ones) a good keyboard and mouse, which would make the laptop the more expensive option.
6) Sound, I use my machine a lot for sound reproduction while working or just listening and no laptop has a decent soundcard, so I need to buy an external one which is more expensive then a good internal one and closely related:
7) All upgrades for laptops are external, which means all those extra's like drivespace, soundcard etc will be separate boxes with cables which makes it even more messy.
8) It is sometimes great that I cannot take my computer with me, so my computer time stays a little within limits, now I can speak with other people in the train, relax my fingers etc, otherwise I would definately computer even more then I do already
1) For gaming a desktop provides much better value for money, and for the latest games a laptop is not an option at all.
2) I do loads of things 'at the same time' on my computer and therefore need lots of RAM, for the desktop this is easier quase you get 4 slots instead of 2 and the price is lower.
3) I don't have a lot of patience with computers cause I find my time is too limited so I really hate waiting for 'em. I noticed that it was really worth my money when I replaced my harddrives with 10K rpm (first SCSI and now SATA Raptors) If I work all the extra hours that I gain from this move I can easily justify the cost and buy something nice too, or work less and get more free time. With laptops this is painfull cause the disks are really extremely slow compared to mine and SSD is much to expensive for the small ammount of data.
4) I prefer to build my own computers and upgrade parts regularly so I determine my budget/quality/speed in every aspect. If I wanted to buy a laptop that could be compared to my desktop the price would be astronomical.
5) If one works a lot on a PC next to the laptop you would still need a decent monitor (preferably a SIPS panel monitor, laptop TN panels are crap especially the glare ones) a good keyboard and mouse, which would make the laptop the more expensive option.
6) Sound, I use my machine a lot for sound reproduction while working or just listening and no laptop has a decent soundcard, so I need to buy an external one which is more expensive then a good internal one and closely related:
7) All upgrades for laptops are external, which means all those extra's like drivespace, soundcard etc will be separate boxes with cables which makes it even more messy.
8) It is sometimes great that I cannot take my computer with me, so my computer time stays a little within limits, now I can speak with other people in the train, relax my fingers etc, otherwise I would definately computer even more then I do already
reverendxero
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Heavy compiling (3d rendering, lightmaps etc...) need horsepower. Any type of high-end analytics, big SQL DB's, I can think of a bunch.
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