What to Buy, a Notebook or Desktop PC?

[Sir Aaron]

I don't know about this article. Gaming laptops are generally very expensive. I have a laptop for work and they tend to have serious problems at about three years. Then you have to replace the whole thing. With a desktop you can often run a system longer than that with upgrades and you don't have to replace keyboards, monitors, etc. I've just never seen a laptop that can keep up with my home built system.

Laptops do offer great portability but the keyboard/monitor size are bad features. I have a 24" monitor for my computer.

 

[randomizer]

The problem with laptops is they run so hot that they burn up inside, especially the small ones. My friend needed a laptop for CSS (he connected a monitor to it). It was a Dell XPS and he burnt out the motherboard 3 times in 1 year. I can't seem to kill anything on my desktop :lol:

 

[bigj]

I use my iBook G4 for on-the-go and field photography work, then I use my desktop Dell XPS PC for the heavier applications like Corel Draw!, Photoshop, and for gaming. The advantage of the laptop is that its a nice sidekick system, runs OS X 10.5 fine, boots quickly, and is lightweight to carry everywhere, allowing my to review photos on site. When it comes to photos that "need more work" or for vector illustrations (Corel Draw!, Illustrator), I use the Dell desktop for that. The only pieces of hardware in the system that are original are the motherboard/Intel CPU and the sound card. The hard drive, DVD drive, video card, memory and Firewire card are all upgrades I installed myself. This tricking-out of the system allows me to plug an infinite amount of devices simultaneously and to have a larger monitor and more motherboard RAM for faster performance. So both the laptop and the desktop have their advantages and disadvantages over each other. I think that is the general idea this article is trying to convey.