Comments on: The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/ Unique information on how to get the best value for your computer builds and upgrades Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:20:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: daniel http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-1069 daniel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-1069 Most laptops aren't wide screen and the screen size isn't big enough compared to regular lcd monitors. HP makes an affordible 16 inch wide screen but the only problem is the excessive reflective glossy glare. If you are going to replace the desktop with a laptop, you definitely need a laptop stand so that the screen is placed properly. If you don't do that, you will end up with severe neck and back strain, in addition to wrist problems if you use the keyboard (best to get a separate one) on the laptop. Also, the screen size is so small that you likely will shift your face or the laptop closer which could burn (heat from the keyboard or the vents on the sides) your face and cause eye strain and expose the laptop to possible falls from the desk. I have to concur that laptops are great for being mobile and that the desktop will eventually be replaced in most homes but it will be replaced by the all-in-one entertainment system (big screen with all the works and then some). I considered buying a dell or apple all-in-one machine but I have a problem with sending it to an authorized dealer for basic upgrades. If I have to do that then I am better off buying a laptop because at least it can be mobile. But laptops are great to conserve energy but at a price (neck injury, less processing power, eye strain, etc). So eating up energy costs might be a better thing to do right now than buying a laptop at the infancy of the mainstreaming of laptops to the average home pc user. Most laptops aren’t wide screen and the screen size isn’t big enough compared to regular lcd monitors. HP makes an affordible 16 inch wide screen but the only problem is the excessive reflective glossy glare. If you are going to replace the desktop with a laptop, you definitely need a laptop stand so that the screen is placed properly. If you don’t do that, you will end up with severe neck and back strain, in addition to wrist problems if you use the keyboard (best to get a separate one) on the laptop. Also, the screen size is so small that you likely will shift your face or the laptop closer which could burn (heat from the keyboard or the vents on the sides) your face and cause eye strain and expose the laptop to possible falls from the desk. I have to concur that laptops are great for being mobile and that the desktop will eventually be replaced in most homes but it will be replaced by the all-in-one entertainment system (big screen with all the works and then some). I considered buying a dell or apple all-in-one machine but I have a problem with sending it to an authorized dealer for basic upgrades. If I have to do that then I am better off buying a laptop because at least it can be mobile. But laptops are great to conserve energy but at a price (neck injury, less processing power, eye strain, etc). So eating up energy costs might be a better thing to do right now than buying a laptop at the infancy of the mainstreaming of laptops to the average home pc user.

]]> By: Banapana » The Most Important Part http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-344 Banapana » The Most Important Part Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:29:41 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-344 [...] significant trends in the computing industry are meeting head-on these days. First off, Computing is going mobile. Second, most of those mobile platforms are trying to integrate tactile media into their [...] [...] significant trends in the computing industry are meeting head-on these days. First off, Computing is going mobile. Second, most of those mobile platforms are trying to integrate tactile media into their [...]

]]> By: Paxswill http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-343 Paxswill Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:07:46 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-343 Desktops are not going to go away. Creative types, gamers, researchers, and coders all have a use for muliple monitors, and once you pass 2, you're either going to need a very expensive upgrade card, or a desktop. The points brought up above about large screens are also significant. While I do love my laptop (15" MacBook Pro), I'm thinking of building a desktop. My laptop cost $2000, and is fairly high end, but it's already falling behind in some respects (gaming). A desktop gives me the ability to upgrade individual parts cheaply, and if one part breaks, I am not required to spend a huge amount of money for a proprietary part. Desktops are not going to go away. Creative types, gamers, researchers, and coders all have a use for muliple monitors, and once you pass 2, you’re either going to need a very expensive upgrade card, or a desktop. The points brought up above about large screens are also significant. While I do love my laptop (15″ MacBook Pro), I’m thinking of building a desktop. My laptop cost $2000, and is fairly high end, but it’s already falling behind in some respects (gaming). A desktop gives me the ability to upgrade individual parts cheaply, and if one part breaks, I am not required to spend a huge amount of money for a proprietary part.

]]> By: Buying A Big Rig http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-342 Buying A Big Rig Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:21:35 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-342 I found your site on faves.com bookmarking site.. I like it ..gave it a fave for you..ill be checking back later I found your site on faves.com bookmarking site.. I like it ..gave it a fave for you..ill be checking back later

]]> By: Goce http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-341 Goce Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:15:00 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-341 Hi Mathieu, I have to thank you for giving your opinion about the review and correcting a few glitches of mine. Now about the topic. As a salesman in a hardware store, I can confirm that people(the mainstream) are going for notebooks more and more every day. Even gamers come and want to sell their desktop machines and exchange it for power notebooks. Everyone has a wireless networks with internet at their homes now, and as PC's/Internet is replacing the TV as a primary entertainment source, but still being more of a personal thing, people like to bring over their stuff with them to play games, watch clips, surf the internet together, socialize on facebook.. or any other kinky stuff they do while hanging out. BUT I still do like my desktop machine more. Why? Well I have never seen a notebook with a 22" monitor and if there was, I'm sure I won't carry around that thing at the local coffee shop or on a train for that matter. I like big monitors and thats it. I like my taskbar to be full with opened applications, and never worry about them closing anytime. And I simply love when I get up in the morning and just move my mouse to see the morning news in an instant. Don't get me wrong, I too own a netbook for a while and I really think its great for times when I need to visit 10 places in one day and use the internet at the same time, or simply gather with my buddies for a chat and have something to stare at while talking but desktop is still my primary pc for work and entertainment. As Keith mentioned, maybe I too could use a docking station and a big monitor while using the PC at home, but I believe that time will come when netbooks with equal power of a core2quad will be made. P.S. You have a typo too: "Reducing power consumption, thus increaDing battery life." ;) Hi Mathieu,

I have to thank you for giving your opinion about the review and correcting a few glitches of mine.

Now about the topic. As a salesman in a hardware store, I can confirm that people(the mainstream) are going for notebooks more and more every day. Even gamers come and want to sell their desktop machines and exchange it for power notebooks. Everyone has a wireless networks with internet at their homes now, and as PC’s/Internet is replacing the TV as a primary entertainment source, but still being more of a personal thing, people like to bring over their stuff with them to play games, watch clips, surf the internet together, socialize on facebook.. or any other kinky stuff they do while hanging out.

BUT I still do like my desktop machine more. Why? Well I have never seen a notebook with a 22″ monitor and if there was, I’m sure I won’t carry around that thing at the local coffee shop or on a train for that matter. I like big monitors and thats it. I like my taskbar to be full with opened applications, and never worry about them closing anytime. And I simply love when I get up in the morning and just move my mouse to see the morning news in an instant. Don’t get me wrong, I too own a netbook for a while and I really think its great for times when I need to visit 10 places in one day and use the internet at the same time, or simply gather with my buddies for a chat and have something to stare at while talking but desktop is still my primary pc for work and entertainment.

As Keith mentioned, maybe I too could use a docking station and a big monitor while using the PC at home, but I believe that time will come when netbooks with equal power of a core2quad will be made.

P.S. You have a typo too: “Reducing power consumption, thus increaDing battery life.” ;)

]]> By: web design company http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-340 web design company Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:16:51 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-340 I do think the desktop computer is fast becoming obsolete. I would be lost without my laptop... I do think the desktop computer is fast becoming obsolete. I would be lost without my laptop…

]]> By: A follow up to "The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop" | Hardware Revolution http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-339 A follow up to "The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop" | Hardware Revolution Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:28:27 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-339 [...] I would have never expected such a large reaction and so many comments on my latest article, The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop. It generated 14 comments here on Hardware Revolution and over 60 on Digg , as someone submitted [...] [...] I would have never expected such a large reaction and so many comments on my latest article, The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop. It generated 14 comments here on Hardware Revolution and over 60 on Digg , as someone submitted [...]

]]> By: A follow up to "The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop" | Hardware Revolution http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-346 A follow up to "The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop" | Hardware Revolution Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:28:27 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-346 [...] I would have never expected such a large reaction and so many comments on my latest article, The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop. It generated 14 comments here on Hardware Revolution and over 60 on Digg , as someone submitted [...] [...] I would have never expected such a large reaction and so many comments on my latest article, The Mobile Computer: Outpacing the desktop. It generated 14 comments here on Hardware Revolution and over 60 on Digg , as someone submitted [...]

]]> By: Keith http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-337 Keith Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:24:54 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-337 When the laptop running Pineview is released next year, I'm going to pump my dollars to get hold of one of the lightest mobile laptop for myself. The one that I have been having and proud to talk about has been 5 years old, and to be honest, it's a good as it can be and I'm extremely happy with it. However, it's just the weight that is of concern, 5kg! When the laptop running Pineview is released next year, I’m going to pump my dollars to get hold of one of the lightest mobile laptop for myself. The one that I have been having and proud to talk about has been 5 years old, and to be honest, it’s a good as it can be and I’m extremely happy with it. However, it’s just the weight that is of concern, 5kg!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.hardware-revolution.com/the-mobile-computer-outpacing-the-desktop/#comment-338 Stephen Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:49:25 +0000 http://www.hardware-revolution.com/?p=210#comment-338 Cost. My computer was $700 in 2001. I've spent a bit of change since then, but probably less even then someone buying the lowest end box at Bestbuy. Right now it's dual core running at 3 ghz (fast enough to encode DVDs to x264 video), has a terabyte of space (can store said video), and can power most games on a 24" monitor. It's not just the 3 grand cost of a comparable laptop, it's the fact I'd have to spend $500 or even buy a new laptop when I needed anything else. For me that isn't acceptable. Cost. My computer was $700 in 2001. I’ve spent a bit of change since then, but probably less even then someone buying the lowest end box at Bestbuy.

Right now it’s dual core running at 3 ghz (fast enough to encode DVDs to x264 video), has a terabyte of space (can store said video), and can power most games on a 24″ monitor. It’s not just the 3 grand cost of a comparable laptop, it’s the fact I’d have to spend $500 or even buy a new laptop when I needed anything else. For me that isn’t acceptable.

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