velo Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I used to do all my work on a desk top, but now i think the DT is obsolete, why be tied to a desk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 well, if you need raw processing power at a reasonable price with room for expandability a desktop is a much better choice than a laptop. gaming is another reason, you try finding a laptop under a £2000 that can run halflife at decent settings. i've got a desktop that i made for under £800 that can do it. Laptops are for when you're on the move, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 laptops are harder to upgrade, and more expensive spec-for-spec than desktops. also: no. people i know who have spilt liquids onto their laptop's MOBO, killing it: several no. people i know who have done the same to their desktop: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 D.T`s are harder to lose or have stolen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 YT, thats just because your 'Desktop' is a babbage difference engine and weighs a few tonnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ha! shows how much YOU Know! I upgraded last year and mine is Electronic Now! so Ner Ner although sourcing out replacement vacuum tubes is a little slow:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I though ENIAC was dismantled. or is it a russian equivalent? i know you have 'contacts' over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Wrong again, think UNIVAC http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/UNIVAC-1-FullView-A.htm I`m the guy behind the console with the screwdriver, you can just see the bottom of my Trainers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 a 120kW what the hell are your power bills like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 what Power bills? I have my own Reactor Duuuugh! the Pentium 4`s look after all the control mechanisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ah yeah. i forgot about where the parts for chernobyls reactors 5 and 6 went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 well, if you need raw processing power at a reasonable price with room for expandability a desktop is a much better choice than a laptop. gaming is another reason, you try finding a laptop under a £2000 that can run halflife at decent settings. i've got a desktop that i made for under £800 that can do it. Laptops are for when you're on the move, nothing more. I did mean for (work) I would have thought the novelty of playing games on a puter had died off by now, surly the time is better spent with a game of footie or cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I did mean for (work) I would have thought the novelty of playinggames on a puter had died off by now, surly the time is better spent with a game of footie or cricket. Pong is far superior to your pathetic, analog tennis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 ha! shows how much YOU Know! I upgraded last year and mine is Electronic Now! so Ner Ner although sourcing out replacement vacuum tubes is a little slow:rolleyes: You acctually mean you dont use jell packs???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I used to do all my work on a desk top, but now i think the DT is obsolete,why be tied to a desk? Laptops are great if you travel except I can't stand the touchpads (too much time lost). I keep meaning to pop down and get a bluetooth mouse. Laptops will be using cellular networks more and more too, so you won't have to keep a map of wi-fi friendly coffee shops and libraries. I'll be outside on the back porch this summer making money with my cordless VOIP phone and my laptop while soaking up some rays. Sometimes the portability makes it tough to step away from the computer and realize the house needs a good clean or the body needs more exercise. Laptops make it easy to be a comp potato. Nothing beats a desktop computer for thrifty power computing though. The only thing that will make them obsolete for me is when the whole house is one big computer and I can access my files and programs from anywhere. Try to steal my comp then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 Laptops are great if you travel except I can't stand the touchpads (too much time lost). I keep meaning to pop down and get a bluetooth mouse. Laptops will be using cellular networks more and more too, so you won't have to keep a map of wi-fi friendly coffee shops and libraries. I'll be outside on the back porch this summer making money with my cordless VOIP phone and my laptop while soaking up some rays. Sometimes the portability makes it tough to step away from the computer and realize the house needs a good clean or the body needs more exercise. Laptops make it easy to be a comp potato. Nothing beats a desktop computer for thrifty power computing though. The only thing that will make them obsolete for me is when the whole house is one big computer and I can access my files and programs from anywhere. Try to steal my comp then! Hey, come on now, you will soon be able to wear your puter, or not in the far future have it implanted in your brain (shudder), the only prob is where to put the scanner printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 the only prob is where toput the scanner printer between the cheeks of course. ' so johnson, where did you get this report?' 'oh i just pulled it out of my @55' but seriously, if you run anything computation intensive, say a CFD sim, you are far better off with a DT as they tend to have more power. My DT can fire through one in 1 hour when my laptop running the same one will take about 4. although, most of the time i run them on the uni's cluster and it takes about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 the only prob is where toput the scanner printer. Or even worse, where to put the USB port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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