desktop or laptop

Desktop. I've got big hands and find the keyboard on most laptops too small. I realize there are laptop keyboards and mice and all the rest but what's the point?

I also have a laptop for when I'm traveling but the bulk of my work is on my desktop with a big ole monitor.

I definitely prefer a desktop. Custom built.

Desktop also. I decided on a 'All-In-One' touchscreen and absolutely love it. My internet is via wifi, so I have the freedom too roam with this, with little inconvenience.

I got both. in my hand.!
For most my Office work i use desktop and as "travlinguy" stated, the ease of typing matters here, and while in travelling laptop..[Practically, both are powerful]
Well this is the only reason for me, so...now it depends upon you..

Desktop for me. I need to have a large monitor as I work almost 6 hours a day in front of the PC. My laptop is for games only

I'm using a laptop on my desktop.

I prefer a laptop since you can play alot of good games using one.

Ive been looking at a dell limited edition with a 17 inch screen 8 gigs of memory, 1tb hdd and blue ray player/writer... It would be much easier for my to take in a quite room to do my work since I dont have an office. But I do like my 23 inch monitor and keyboard because I also have very large hands. I havent done a lot of typing on a lap top so Im not to sure about doing product creation on one.

I am working with my laptop. I work with an average of 8 hours in a day. This helps me save some $$$ with my electric bill. I just ensure that I get my laptop enough air to exhaust the heat off. I use a fan on one side so I won't overheat my laptop. It's not the fan designed for laptops - it's literally an electric fan.

I prefer the desktop.For the regular work desktop is better then laptop.

desktop.....laptops tend to cost more and dont last as long. you gotta worry about the battery and motherboard burning out

I have both,but i like Desktop most.

I prefer laptop because I can carry it to any place easily. Can work without wires.

has any one used the Chromebook as a secondary work station? I heard you can remote through to your desktop, was wondering if any one has any real time experience using a Chromebook for work.

Wow, I can't believe how many people prefer a desktop. I thought I was the only one!

I really don't know whether i prefer laptop because all my life i have worked more from my PC than a desktop.

It's a matter of choice anyway and probably you circumstances but laptop is more flexible to me.

Here is the best way to answer the question.

Do you need a lot of mobility? If so, get a laptop. Unless you are gaming, modern laptops for desktop computing are good enough for word processing, excel, programming etc.

Then with the laptop you can build a desktop environment. When my macbook was my primary computer, I would have it attached to a 24 inch monitor and a wireless keyboard and mouse.

When out working, I just simply unhooked the monitor and wireless keyboard receiver and take it with me, come home plug in back the monitor and wireless keyboard and mouse.

I loved my desktop environment when I was using a laptop as my primary work computer (2008-2010). I had the laptop stored, closed, on my keyboard tray, with a portable fan unit underneath, like this one, it was $8 on Amazon:



I changed settings in the control panel under power and sleep and set it to only display to an external monitor and to not go to sleep unless I told it to from the start menu.

2 USB 2.0 ports on the left side of the laptop were used by my keyboard and mouse, which sat atop the desk right above where the keyboard tray slides out.

1 USB 2.0 port on the back side of the laptop got a 7-port USB hub like this:



...which plugged into anything else I needed. Flash drives, webcam, speakers, headset, printer, MP3 player, cell phones, whatever.

I am still today using the same ASUS VH242H 23.6 inch display I bought in 2009 for that setup, as well as the Logitech speakers, headset, and webcam, and the Kensington brand Keyboard For Life and Mouse In A Box. I have an actual custom built desktop (built myself, i7-950, HD6870, 12GB RAM, 90GB SSD and 1TB SATA HD) nowadays, and the laptop is sitting in my backpack under my desk ready to go at all times. I backup my files twice a month from the desktop to both burned DVD's and an external portable hard drive (320GB), which in turn updates the laptop when I do use it. That way if I need to go on the road I'm never behind, and anything I save while on the laptop I save a second time to that external drive. When I get home, I plug in the external drive, update my desktop computer, and mark the files to be backed up to discs the next time a backup is due. Everything is synced and I do it manually, don't trust automatic software to do that for me.

custom desktop with twin 22" screens and big comfy leather office swivel chair for main bulk of my work ie, design, programming and general heavy duty work. Laptop for on the go along with a plug in usb mouse so I don' have to suffer the touch pad. Ipad for research and reading.

I use a netbook for a few years now and I really like it. lightweight and easy to use. Samsung. I like carrying it around to all the local free wifi spots.