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What computer type do you prefer?

I love laptops for their portability, easy to acess connections, and for their keyboard.

And because I own one.

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For a computer running Windows? Laptop.
For a computer running Mac? Desktop.

Laptops are just generally cool. I'm so getting a Mac one when I go to college.

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I chose a laptop because I really want a computer, yet a desktop would be too large to fit on my desk. The only downside is that it would be more expensive. I know about USB mice, so that part isn't a problem.

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I chose desktop. They can just be so much cooler than laptops, and their hardware is upgradeable so you don't have to dish out money for a brand new computer all the time.

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I agree with Jello B.--the ease of interchangeability of hardware components in desktops definately wins me over far more than laptops. That, and laptop mice (unless you get a peripheral one) are really weird and hard to manipulate for me. Besides, hardware components for desktops are generally a bit more advanced than their laptop counterparts, meaning more powerful computers in the desktop world than the laptop world.

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Accually, I can upgrade my memory, hard-drive, disk-drive, and even my monitor.

So I'm afraid that isn't true.

And I don't like laptop mice, so I use a normal mouse.

Yeah, but that's only four components...there's also motherboard and processor, video cards, sound cards, modems...not to mention that a desktop motherboard and case typically have a whole bunch more room and slots for various PCI cards and the like.

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I can call up Gateway. They can take out the core processor and replace it I wanted to do it.



Upgradeable.

And I'm not sure what a modem is.



That is true. My lappy has: Four USB 2.0 ports, one Eithernet jack, one Modem jack, one IEEE 1394 port, a memory card reader, a PC card slot, one disk drive (DVD burner/CD burner), one S-video port, a Kensington lock slot, a monitor port, two little speakers, a headphone jack, a microphone jack, and finally the power connector.

However, I'm not sure how it compares to desktops, though my dads computer has two more then my lappy.

But when it comes to upgrading, I can take out both the top and bottom covers of my laptop and have access to every working part. So you can tinker with them.

But with laptops, you have to have the specific part for your specific model. With desktops, parts are interchangeable.

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Well, I can sincerly say that my dad's desktop needed special parts designed for the specific model. (It's a Dell.)

Which, of couse, needed to be special ordered.

Accually, I'm finished with this. It's a poll after all.

But I just wanted to state the facts. And yes, there are parts that can be installed on other computers. But I can't speak for Dell users.

Although, he did once try to install a third-party componet. Which ended up over heating our computer.

If the computer is overheating, it can probably be fixed by installing a new power supply with a higher wattage. I don't know much about Dell computers (other than that I hear their customer service has really gone down the toilet), but unless they're just trying to be real money-grubbers, I would say that you should still be able to install third-party components, as long as the rest of the computer (processor, chipset, power supply, etc.) can handle it all.

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I chose Other, becuase I likes em both. I bring my Lappy on long trips, it can't do much processor... using.. stuff, that's what my desktop is for.

I can say that they're customer service isn't what it used to be. And they had to take back over 13,000 laptops because of cases with the battery catching on fire (Sony made the computers).

And they are money-grabbing. Not only can we not install third-party componets, but when my dad tried to order some more ram, they continued to tell him that he needed more to be "ahead of everyone else."

Even their suggestions box suggests the second most expensive componet. If you ask them how much hard-drive you should get, they reply with 100 GB. If you ask what rouder you should use, they suggest the one that can connect to seven computers. Even though we only need a router for two computers.

The list goes on and on. As for me, I'm happy with Gateway.

I like them both. Why? Because I have both a laptop and a desktop.

My desktop is for my site thuogh, while the laptop is usually more for misc. stuff. They both serve their purposes.

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As long as the laptop has a wireless connection, laptops.

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I voted laptops.

I like them both, but I perfer laptops. Mostly because this is what I'm always using. Though I'd perfer a internet connection in my room so I'm not in the living room for good signal.

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Desktops. So much more modable and more bang-for-your-buck. But I concur with ramrod, they both do have their uses.

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Technically, there's a difference between a true laptop and a notebook, which has more power than a laptop. And I much prefer my notebook to my family's desktop computer, so laptop all the way. Wireless routers Eff Tee Doubleyou.

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Despite the fact that I always use a laptop, I prefer desktops. Throughout the years I've noticed that desktops don't break as easily. Every laptop my family has ever owned has broken some way. Sometiems it's a minor thing like flicking off the one of the keys on the very unpractical keyboard, other times it's the hinges breaking. Sometimes a whole line of them have a problem; a certain brand of emachine had a pwoer supply that stopped recharging after a month, and a whole line of toshibas' fans barely worked, causing the computer to overheat. It's true that the last one, where a whole line of products is affected, could happen to any line of computers, desktop or laptop, but so far, the only troubles we've had are with laptops. It's true laptops can be very efficent for some things, like travelling, but for a regular home computer, desktops are much better.

Laptop by far. I'm not a big hardware person. I would really like to try a tablet some time though.

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I only have a desktop, so desktops are the winners for me.

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i am voting desktops because of the issue with customization,and i'd rather pay $2000 for better hardware,although bigger. rather than $2000 for less powerful hardware, though smaller

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Wow. Really neck-and-neck, isn't it?

Still with laptops. I don't need a powerful machine. My computer is a business tool, not a gaming rig. I type on it, and although I play games on it, it's powerful enough to run the few PC games I like, which are mostly freeware. And wireless is still hose-woning.

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Laptops break too easily.

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i would choose laptops for portability. the only thing i hate is the touch pad. why can't they make laptops with trackballs, i ask you?!?
then again, desktops can be easily upgraded. buy a monitor, take it home and plug it in.

I would have to say laptops. Currently I am using a desktop, but I am using a wireless router to type this message. If my desktop was connected to a cable it would probably be thousands of times faster on the Web, though.

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Funny--I don't get that problem with my wireless adapter that I use here on my desktop. It seems just as fast as the computer connected to the router. I wonder, what brand are you using? Mine is a LinkSys.

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