PC Vs. Laptop

james · #1 (**permalink**) Wed., 11:06 PM

The BBC is reporting that Laptops will overtake Desktops in popularity by 2011: BBC NEWS | Technology | Laptops set to out sell desktops

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The report predicts the laptop market will grow by 16.1% year-on-year until 2011, compared to 3.8% for desktop PCs.

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More than 82 million portable computers and nearly 140 million desktop PCs were shipped around the world in 2006, according to the report.

Personally I prefer to use a desktop day to day if possible, I like the large keyboard and mouse. But more often these days I find that my laptop is used as I need to travel from one place to another, sometimes my good old desktop doesn't get a lookin for weeks on end!

Of course the equivenent power in a desktop comes much cheaper than a laptop - I wonder if this is set to change sometime soon?

Which do you use more often?

maryb · #2 (**permalink**) Wed., 11:10 PM

I would love a laptop for my study (and work), but it would need to be veeeeeeeeeeeeeery cheap. hehe

billyribcage · #3 (**permalink**) Wed., 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by maryb

I would love a laptop for my study (and work), but it would need to be veeeeeeeeeeeeeery cheap. hehe

Haha, me too, though my old desktop PC seems to be just about holding out. It maybe upgrade time though so I can check out the new wonders of Windows Vista.

james · #4 (**permalink**) Sat., 09:27 PM

Seems that the desktops are still winning out in this neck of the woods then!

View Poll Results: Which do you use most?
Desktop	4	80.00%
Laptop	1	20.00%
Both about the same	0	0%
Voters: 5. You may not vote on this poll

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