Does everyone have a laptop these days?

Mr.Lizard · 17-03-2009 12:12PM #1

I'm sitting in bed here drinking a beer surfing the net and watching some divx and I can hardly remember a time when using a computer primarily consisted of sitting at a desk facing a big computer made up of an array of boxes and peripherals.

Hooray for Laptops. They really are a marvelous invention. If it wasn't already St. Patricks Day I'd propose that today be annual laptop day.

connundrum · 17-03-2009 12:15PM

I still have my first laptop. Don't know what I'm gonna do withg it eventually i.e. it doesn't work at all but I'm afraid to throw it out in case there's something cool on it that I forgot about.

7 years and counting...

Ciaran500 · 17-03-2009 12:16PM

Don't have a laptop and have no interest at all in getting one

K4t · 17-03-2009 12:17PM

Even worse for me, our desk top is in the living room (see through windows too), have to wait up until 1am to have a ****.

I'll definitely be investing in a laptop for college next year. What type would you recommend?

Mycroft H · 17-03-2009 12:17PM

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

Apart from that there alrite.

17-03-2009 12:20PM

i've had one over a year now.. kinda miss the old desktop tho.

Busi_Girl08 · 17-03-2009 12:23PM

Got mine last November. Love it!

Youtube, Boards, Final Gear, IMDb, watching DVDs in my room, can't beat it!!

Red Alert · 17-03-2009 12:24PM

I've a desktop and a macbook pro - I use the macbook pro pretty much 95% of the time. I picked up an Acer One off eBay because I found the MBP's a bit too big to bring some places.

Mycroft H · 17-03-2009 12:25PM

Red Alert wrote: »

I've a desktop and a macbook pro - I use the macbook pro pretty much 95% of the time. I picked up an Acer One off eBay because I found the MBP's a bit too big to bring some places.

If i ever got a laptop, it will be a mac, they are sooo cool.

qwertz · 17-03-2009 12:26PM

Yes, every single human being on this wonderful planet of ours has a laptop. :rolleyes:

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 17-03-2009 12:26PM

I have a laptop and a desktop. Only ever use the laptop when i'm in bed, the desktop I have is much better than the laptop!

Mr.Lizard · 17-03-2009 12:27PM

qwertz wrote: »

Yes, every single human being on this wonderful planet of ours has a laptop. :rolleyes:

everyone reading this.

Gary ITR · 17-03-2009 12:28PM

Hmmm 2 laptops, a phone with wireless reception and a desktop. Just in case 3 break down the same day I can still access pRon

Captain Chaos · 17-03-2009 12:31PM

landyman wrote: »

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

You must not look around for the good ones then. The lappy I'm using here has a Core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 4gb DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 8800m GT 256mb. Not top end but powerful enough me thinks.

qwertz · 17-03-2009 12:35PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

You must not look around for the good ones then. The lappy I'm using here has a Core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 4gb DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 8800m GT 256mb. Not top end but powerful enough me thinks.

They even have a couple of models for that very purpose.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 17-03-2009 12:36PM

qwertz wrote: »

Yes, every single human being on this wonderful planet of ours has a laptop. :rolleyes:

Somebody got out of the wrong side of bed this morning......

K4t · 17-03-2009 12:36PM

landyman wrote: »

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

But they do have spell check :pac:

Shryke · 17-03-2009 12:37PM

I had a great laptop but I broke it the other night! I'm really upset about it. I've ordered a Samsung NC10 Netbook to replace the loss though. And I'm in the process of building a desktop. I've the first couple of bits ordered but it's going to be a while before I have everything together. I miss having a desktop!

cnocbui · 17-03-2009 12:39PM

landyman wrote: »

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

Apart from that there alrite.

I have a new 13" Macbook. it only has a 2ghz core 2 duo and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM, but it is fine for photo editing.

Photo editing is not particularly challenging a task anyway, try ray tracing/rendering or converting video formats. The Macbook does those just fine as well.

Dave! · 17-03-2009 12:41PM

K4t wrote: »

Even worse for me, our desk top is in the living room (see through windows too), have to wait up until 1am to have a ****.

Those are the worst kind of windows...

I've got an old Mac iBook with a dodgey keyboard, so I use that all the time to watch DVDs and the likes

I've got an Acer One that I use for college stuff, programming, etc. It's a slow piece of sh*t though.

qwertz · 17-03-2009 12:42PM

Bryn wrote: »

Somebody got out of the wrong side of bed this morning......

No, I am in a very good mood! The sun is out, the sky is blue, the roads are empty because most people are in the citycentre.

K4t · 17-03-2009 12:43PM

Dave! wrote: »

Those are the worst kind of windows...

I know

I should have mentioned the see through doors also

Mr.Lizard · 17-03-2009 12:45PM

Dave! wrote: »

Those are the worst kind of windows...

Agreed. That's why I got the builders to put tinted glass in my house.

Mycroft H · 17-03-2009 02:07PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

You must not look around for the good ones then. The lappy I'm using here has a Core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 4gb DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 8800m GT 256mb. Not top end but powerful enough me thinks.

Yes but there twice as expensive as equivilent desktops, and as a student i cant afford a top range laptop yet

Shryke · 17-03-2009 02:12PM

Also a Desktop PC is much more upgradable.

thelordofcheese · 17-03-2009 02:15PM

Personally, i don't care much for laptops. Too little power for the asking price. If you want a mobile Interbutts/email/video player one of the Asus EEE Pc's would be a good choice, otherwise laptops are a waste of time and money.

Dord · 17-03-2009 02:16PM

I'm on my second laptop, its a Lenovo T400. :cool:

If I had more space I'd have a desktop also. But I don't so a laptop suits me fine. It's fast and can do everything I need including running some powerful audio programs.

BaconZombie · 17-03-2009 02:19PM

If you are buying a cheap laptop, don't bitch that it it is under spec'd and does not run new game or software.

landyman wrote: »

Yes but there twice as expensive as equivilent desktops, and as a student i cant afford a top range laptop yet

qz · 17-03-2009 02:20PM

I have this 13.5" Toshiba U300 for college and general arsing about on (on it right now)

And I've just inherited this 17" Toshiba Qosmio G10 with an incredibly bright TFT screen for movies/PS2.

I love my laptops

helios12 · 17-03-2009 02:21PM

connundrum wrote: »

I still have my first laptop. Don't know what I'm gonna do withg it eventually i.e. it doesn't work at all but I'm afraid to throw it out in case there's something cool on it that I forgot about.

7 years and counting...

why not pull out the hdd and see? Or if its just a case of windows death then throw Linux on it;)

m83 · 17-03-2009 02:25PM

landyman wrote: »

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

Apart from that there alrite.

Speak for yourself, I'm pretty sure my XPS M1710 wipes the floor with a lot of desktops, and it's two years old now.

donmeister · 17-03-2009 02:30PM

Yeah I have a dinky lil 14'' Dell laptop,its not that powerful but still I

it! :pac:

I also have a big desktop which is really good for video/photo editing,best of both worlds really!

Mossy Monk · 17-03-2009 02:31PM

I used to have a laptop. It stopped working so I then got a desktop and don't bother with laptops anymore.

Creamy Goodness · 17-03-2009 02:33PM

erm my 2 year old macbook still wipes the floor over my desktop when it comes to photoshop CS4 / lightroom 2 etc.

Gummy Panda · 17-03-2009 03:14PM

I have an XPS710 desktop. I feel its running on borrowed time at the moment. Probably get another year or two out of it. Not going to bother upgrading or replacing parts.

Instead going to move back to using a laptop. Don't PC game much anymore and love my ps3.

Mimikyu · 17-03-2009 03:20PM

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mathew · 17-03-2009 03:25PM

K4t wrote: »

Even worse for me, our desk top is in the living room (see through windows too), have to wait up until 1am to have a ****.

I'll definitely be investing in a laptop for college next year. What type would you recommend?

Curtains or a blind out of the question?? :P

idontknowmyname · 17-03-2009 03:57PM

Have had a laptop for 8 years and couldn't imagine sitting at a normal computer again, we have one in the house but my lil sis is lumbered with using it

Creamy Goodness · 17-03-2009 04:11PM

i couldn't have a laptop as my sole computer tbh.

laptops are great for when i'm out and about on a job, showing off stuff to clients etc.

laptops are great for browsing the web whilst kicking it back on the couch and/or bed.

laptops are great because i can put it in my satchel bag inside a crumpler sleeve and no one knows i have a laptop with me, hell sometimes i forget too cause it's fairly light compared to my old 15 inch acer ferrari laptop (biggest waste of money ever!).

laptops aren't great for doing hours or typing, my hands feel wrecked after about an hour of typing.

laptops aren't great for doing photo editing - hear me out on this one. screen size is small i only have 13 inches, touch pads are also a pain to use for prolong times and aren't as accurate as a mouse. although hook my macbook up to one of my 22 inch monitors and a decent mouse and keyboard and i can go for days.

Tar.Aldarion · 17-03-2009 04:51PM

Yeah we have 4 dell vostros here and the missus has a few macbook thingies, so laptops are the in thing.

godtabh · 17-03-2009 04:58PM

I've had 5 laptops.

Currently have a HP netbook and a Dell desktop.

Best combination of what I use it for. Used to a pain bringing my 17'' laptop anywhere.

Firetrap · 17-03-2009 05:01PM

Yes. Also have a desktop but tend to use the laptop more.

Biggins · 17-03-2009 05:02PM

3 laptops (5 pc's)

Gummy Panda · 17-03-2009 06:20PM

Biggins wrote: »

3 laptops (5 pc's)

Why so many PCs? Are you developer using one for compiling or something?

Biggins · 17-03-2009 06:52PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why so many PCs? Are you developer using one for compiling or something?

One is for pure gaming and leisure use.
(You should never mix serious pc's with big games on same pc's - Direct X alone can cause issues)
The rest are networked and used in connection with a specialised international and national WAN databases.

Ricky91t · 17-03-2009 07:48PM

I've been through 3 laptops on my 4th,Though only a netbook i use it all the time my desktop barely ever see's the light of day now

And it far better specced but i'd rather do it slowly on the laptop than quickly on the desktop

Mycroft H · 17-03-2009 07:49PM

m83 wrote: »

Speak for yourself, I'm pretty sure my XPS M1710 wipes the floor with a lot of desktops, and it's two years old now.

My desktop has a nvidia 8800gt, wipes the floor with basically anything else, so there!

MagicMarker · 17-03-2009 07:51PM

landyman wrote: »

I dont use a laptop. There not powerful enough for photoediting and have crappy inbuilt graphics.

Apart from that there alrite.

lol, what are you smoking?

Overheal · 17-03-2009 07:59PM

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

i couldn't have a laptop as my sole computer tbh.
oing hours or typing, my hands feel wrecked after about an hour of typing.

laptops aren't great for doing photo editing - hear me out on this one. screen size is small i only have 13 inches, touch pads are also a pain to use for prolong times and aren't as accurate as a mouse. although hook my macbook up to one of my 22 inch monitors and a decent mouse and keyboard and i can go for days.

I disagree. I've used the laptop exclusively for over a year now. But mine is a 15.4" not 13" - im sure the smaller you get the less comfortable it is. As for photoshop, Doesnt matter when you use a Bamboo-Fun tablet. And I do. If I want a Dual or Bigger monitor setup I just plug into one. Its like Voltron - the more you hook up, the better it gets.

Must say I don't see a reason to go back to a desktop aside from doing really high-end stuff, but my laptop is still as good as/better than 90% of most desktops out there. And when it becomes ragged and obsolete I will retire it as a web browser, media/print server, and/or a WebTV box.

Mark200 · 17-03-2009 08:40PM

Yeah I'm on my laptop now. Got it for college really. I use desktop computers in college during lunch just because it's easier to eat, since the PCs are already on desks and stuff.

Ross_Mahon · 17-03-2009 09:13PM

Here's my relationship with laptops and why i don't own one

-Burning the legs off me when i have it on my lap
-Having the charger constantly plugged in because the battery never lasts
-Not enough patience for the poor thing to load
-I hate touch pads, They are so slow and ache the fingers

Does everyone have a laptop these days?

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