WHat makes Desktop better than Laptop/Notebook?

Hi

I am wondering since I have got the notebook version of the newest XPS. What
makes a desktop better (in performance)? Or isnt it better? Do they both have
the same processor or simply not for one reason or another. The Laptop model I
got is the highest possible settings. Best there is. But I wonder if I would go
with which desktop (from the Dell family) would it be better performance? In
other words, Am I losing speed and reliaility with a loptop vs. a desktop?

Thanks,
Sussan

 

In my opinion, with a laptop you lose a lot of the ability to upgrade as
easily as you can with a desktop. While a laptop might seem like a really
good deal now, in a year when the software (games) are needing the next
best graphics card you'll be stuck trying to upgrade your laptop and paying
a lot more than the folks with a desktop who just pull the old and put in
the new (hopefully!).

Then there is the heat issue. To me a laptop isn't really a good
substitute for a desktop for game playing. It's built with very little
space inside for air flow so you end up with a fan almost as loud as the
speakers. At least on the two laptops I own, which admittedly, are
somewhat old. One is a 380MHz Compaq and the other is a 1.0GHz Compaq both
of which have performed *flawlessly* while I've had them to include a seven
month "trip" to Kosovo for the 380MHz one.

Dave
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Pointless question, Sussan, since, by definition, laptops are a
compromise computer, whose purveyors have to select components
that will a) fit in a laptop case, b) use the least amount of
battery power possible, c) add the least weight to the laptop
possible, to best meet the needs of their target audience - the
infamous "road warrior", who has to be able to do his/her
computing during endless airport waits, in client offices without
docking stations, etc. He/she *wants* a laptop that does
everything, weighs less than 1 lb, and has a battery life of 12
hours. He/she never gets it.

Without those constraints, one can get virtually anything you
want, performance-wise, into a desktop chassis. If you want to
pay for it.

What you have to compare is what *you* want to use the computer
for, prioritized among your desires so that you can make
trade-off decisions, and then decide what components best meet
your needs. Then you see if a laptop is available to meet your
needs, or if you have to go to a desktop to get the performance
that *you* absolutely cannot live without.

 

Ive never been a big fan of laptop computers for very
reasons cited here. Like desktops much better

My "thoughts" are that Id get a solid state PocketPC
and use it in conjunction with a desktop for total
computing needs..... rather than a laptop

 

Good post OJ, but don't ever again criticize me about being too literary.
{;->

 

I plead extenuating circumstances. Last night was a bachelor
party [staid kind - lotta drinking but no strippers :-(], and I
was still hungover - erm, mebbe still drunk [that was /good/
Irish and an o-dark-hundred return - thank ghods I've got the
rest of the week off], so I'm blaming the whisky for the blarney
in that post.

[The groom gets to go to the rehearsal dinner tonight, I don't;
which gives me the time {sorely needed at my age} to recover by
the wedding, and more importantly the reception, Saturday.]