Laptop/Desktop Conversation

[zurginator]

I'm tired of arguing against your own contradicting opinions, so OK.

And that's exactly what it is: your opinion. Stop arguing it as a fact. Me and Natural have both said that for certain people laptops are fine, just not for us. For me and the things I need to do with a PC, a laptop is not a portable nor a direct replacement for a desktop. Even comparing your highest end link, it comes no where near the power nor flexibility I need.

Put simply:

Quote:If the past 10 years has shown us anything, it's that portability is king. No one is interested in dragging an anchor around. You'll find out soon enough, there is just no need for giant contraptions when you can do the exact same thing in a much smaller package. It's like an old man who doesn't want to accept that the horse is out and that cars are in, it's quite silly actually.

Key word: NO ONE. This is not true, as you said yourself:

Quote:You wouldn't want a laptop for a server or HTPC

And for the record, yes I do use my "Gaming Computer" (which is really a bull **** term) for a server... I even use a server motherboard.

It would also be nice for you to stop referring to us as stuck in our ways, as you obviously are stuck yourself. I own both, I made a decision. You own neither, yet you already made up your mind which is better. I build tech for a living, I know what trends are happening. Laptops are going to disappear, replaced by tablets and phones. Desktops will remain, as their main function is power over portability. Contrary to your belief, Laptops are becoming smaller and less powerful compared to their relative desktop brethren. Hell, they don't even make the 21" mobile workstations anymore (which were actually pretty close to their desktop counterparts 5 years or so ago).