Guest morpheus2702 Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Guys, just working on a bit of market reasearch here... someone is saying that laptops outsell desktops 2-to-1. Everyone that I ask says this must be rubbish but there are no hard facts to support it? What do you think? Also, do people buy more accessories for laptops than desktops?
Guest mcwarre Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 I used to run the IT for a firm with 2500 employees. Result 2000 desktops 25 laptops. Doesn't meet the ratio. As a rule I think more accessories are bought for laptops; maybe not against home pc's but against all pc's (think of all those in offices) then probably.
Guest morpheus2702 Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Cheers mate, much appreciated!
Guest spacemonkey Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Double post day... Anyway, I'm finding more and more companies starting to lean towards laptops over desktops... there's an increasing demand for mobility/work from home etc, and the cost isn't much different any more. From a personal perspective, I only have a laptop, somewhere down the track I'm gonna get myself a desktop. The main issues with the laptop have been small harddrive and crappy graphics chip, other than that... laptops are just so damn sexy :)
Guest nixy Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 My wife read me the results of a survey recently from the college she has links with. It was a survey a group of students put together as part of the BIT studies assignment. It went on to say that research from campus employees & students came out that 70% either would buy or had bought laptops as opposed to desktops or other portables/systems. I realise this isn't acurate or relavant directly to the general public figures but just thought I would share the info with you. Sorry if its not of interst. Personally speaking I think that laptops are on the increase and if not now then soon will completely dominate the market and overtake desktops as the main choice for the average consumer irrelevant of product purpose! Laptop specifications are now more or less exeptable (even on the lower end of the market) and are fast becoming affordable to the majority of the masses. Where once desktops had the upper hand because of high end graphics capabilities, large displays and high capacity hard drives....laptops are now being seen as a viable alternative as well as being portable.
Guest idavid Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 the price for laptops are certainly coming down. my partner needed a laptop and wanted to get a brand new one. i managed to find a perfectly respectable toshiba a10 for £580. at that price they are a bargin!
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 Unfortunately the same spec laptop will always be more expencive than the equivilent PC. Laptop's are perfect for people who want a small PC with no need for mass storage or computer games. Personally i have a "beast" PC that i use for TV, games (nice gfx card) and storage (120gig with plans to expand). My laptop i use for portable computing use. I use it on my engineering departments wifi network for downloading arge files and extended internet use. If i didn't need the storage and managed to kick the gaming habit i would have no need for a PC over a laptop, it all comes down to personal perference and budget :)
Guest cpt_andy Posted October 31, 2003 Report Posted October 31, 2003 I am at uni atm, and the almost all 'novice' users who bought computers for uni have laptops. I would say only 1/5 people have desktop PCs, presumably as they are a lot more convenient/easy to set up. Personally, I have high-spec desktop for gaming etc. and a tablet pc for note-making/work/mobile use. Andy
Guest lutzh Posted October 31, 2003 Report Posted October 31, 2003 i can only speak for myself: i have both, since i run my computer at home 24/7 and i dont trust laptops to do that for a long time. also there is much more cheap storing place in a pc then in a laptop (compare the prices for desk/lap-harddisks). so its like a server desktop for all kind of media files. but on the other hand: if i work/chat or simply surf at home i use my laptop since i dont like to sit in my home office while my wife and kids are in the living room. my latest buy is a wireless lan webcam. it operates as a computer with its own ip in the network, so i can watch home wherever i am in the world. its turnable. but thats another story i guess... :-) cheers, lutz
Guest midnight Posted November 1, 2003 Report Posted November 1, 2003 mono, you need a dell with a built in gf4 then, crackin games machine, my mates laptop puts my desktop to shame ehehe :( some of the alienware gaming laptops rock big... Alienware 51M Extreme: Alienware Magnesium Alloy Chassis Pentium® 4 @ 3.2GHz 800FSB User-Upgradeable Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR 16.1" inch UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD 60GB 7200rpm HDD with 8MB Cache Infrared Remote control expensive though at $3,416.00 :)
Guest Matt Kirby Posted November 2, 2003 Report Posted November 2, 2003 Alienware, mmmmmm..... I've got one on order, should kick the livin' bejesus out of anything! Have a drool http://www.alienware.co.uk/Configurator_Pages/area-51m.aspx?SysCode=PC-EU-LT-AREA51-M&SubCode=SKU-EXTREME>here. Starts at just under £2500 inc VAT & del - currently you get £120 off if you order in blue.
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted November 2, 2003 Report Posted November 2, 2003 To be honest i think the Alienware PC's are over priced and over "pretteh". Matt black > * :) As for laptop gfx, yes some laptops do now have graphics cards more powerful than your GF2 mid ;p, but compared to top of the range PC graphics they're nothing. However, i have been LANing on my laptop all weekend with a few friends, managed to install some slightly older games (UT2003, BF1942, MOHAA etc) and they all run fine :(
Guest Matt Kirby Posted November 2, 2003 Report Posted November 2, 2003 Alienware machines are not the cheapest, but they are lovely! :) Seriously though- one thing to consider with the whole laptop vs desktop thing is future upgrading; easy on a desktop, pain in the arse if not impossible on a laptop. The clincher for me with the Area 51M machine is that it's the only laptop with user-upgradable graphics - and the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 with 128MB DDR isn't a bad place to start anyway. Admittedly not as powerful as a top-of-the-range desktop card, but certainly powerful enough for todays games.
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 The Radeon mobility is an impressive laptop graphics card. As for the whole upgrading business, yes it isn't quite as easy as a desktop, but what are you really going to need to upgrade in the next 2-3 years? Memory, and hard drive. CPU clockspeed is overrated, other than when i'm gaming (and a few other specialist things) my processor is never above 10-20% usage, so theoretically i could survive day to day on a 300mhz CPU, those went "out of date" 5 years ago. Laptop memory and harddrives are easy and generally a simple process to upgrade... Again, don't get me wrong. As i've already said a PC can't be beaten for pure number or polygon crunching power and file storage, but people tend to be too quick to dismiss laptops based on facts that just aren't true.
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