Laptop/Desktop Conversation

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NV: Why don't you have the name of the person you're quoting in any of your replies? It makes it difficult sometimes when there are multiple quotes from multiple people involved in a post.

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Ok so you wouldn't BUY a desktop just because they're bigger? My mistake.

I wouldn't buy a desktop because my portable computer doubles as a desktop.

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Because desktops can do certain things better than a laptop can

That's an opinion. Like I said, the list is small to non existent.

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Why pay for a feature that you don't need and doesn't help you accomplish what you're trying to do?

Again, that's just an opinion. Maybe you are perfectly content having your PC in one spot forever, but I imagine most people are not. At the very least, you have legs, you're going to be moving at one time or another, chances are you're going to want to easily move your stuff somewhere. Saying that the ability to easily move something from one place to another is a waste is pretty silly.

I can see you now, "hey friend, I just bought this laptop, yeah, only issue is that they made it so damn easy and enjoyable to move and use that my desktop has tons of dust on it. I think I'll take this laptop apart and put it inside a big box on my desk instead."

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: That's a terrible example. You're comparing two totally different devices that use totally different sets of technology

Really, terrible? I thought that was quite good. Two devices used to make phone calls outside of the house seems similar enough to draw comparisons to even if the internals and method are not alike. Part of the reason the internals are not alike is because of technology.

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Then why do businesses and homes still use landlines? Oh right because it's way cheaper and provides a phone that doesn't need to move in a convenient spot that's always there.

Businesses don't count, they're probably not going to have dozens of cell phone scattered around the office (though they could).

"Way cheaper", how can you figure that? We both live close enough to each other to know that we can go to Metro PCS and get a cell phone with unlimited everything for about $30.00-$40.00 (including long distance). What's cheaper than that in a nice "take everywhere" package?

(04-26-2012, 05:11 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: And I can tell you that his new plasma TV was a lot bigger, took up a lot more space, and was a lot heavier than the 25" CRT he was replacing it with. So once again, I get what you're TRYING to say, but those are some bad examples to use.

The fact that a plasma TV is huge is not a downfall, that's the way we want it to be. You make it sound as if the nice big size of the screen is some kind of flaw it has. That totally doesn't even come close to being a valid argument in any way.