I’m satisfied with my lightweight laptop and don’t anticipate ever buying a desktop again. My wife may get a tablet to go with her laptop, but I don’t like tablets myself.
I have a desk top with XP and a laptop with Windows 7 and for general use I prefer the desk top.
I still prefer my desktop, mainly because of the keyboard. I learned typing way back in high school, in the early 60’s, using the old Underwood manual type writer, with covered keys. Later, I spent years tying on an IBM selectric.
The new laptops have those rubbery keys, or the membrane keyboard. No resistance no click, no feedback feel.
And, I’m not crazy about the mouse pad. Being a touch-typist, I keep hitting it with my thumbs, causing crazy stiff. I can turn it off, the KB still feels unnatural to me.
And lastly, I like to be at my desk when I work.
I’m still crying over the loss of XP .. I loved that software because of it’s structure.
The reason was .. I knew exactly where my documents were going to end up when I saved them; I NEVER, EVER had to spend half an hour searching for something.
Now, with MS7, I can’t find anything. I look in the place where it should be .. and it’s not there; even though I specifically set up a directory. I HATE THIS SOFTWARE.
I know I’m not alone .. and I’m hoping MS10 will solve this problem. I’ve surely sent them enough msgs about this issue.
Now, if I’m working on a chapter of a book, I have to keep the current chapter on my desktop - just so I don’t have to spend so much time searching for it when I want to edit it.
RIDICULOUS.
Windows tiles works great on a phone or a touch screen laptop, and also when used for entertainment. I use all these modes.
But it’s an unnecessary layer when doing work. It would be nice if you could toggle it on and off.
“But laptop sales jump,” because it’s easy to install a UNIX-like system on a cheap computer.
I have a Win7 desktop and laptop.
I use the desktop for ‘real’ computing.
I use the laptop for perusing the net while watching TV.
Ironically, the laptop has an i-7 processor and the desktop has an i-5 processor. The desktop has more production power than the laptop.
I have started getting ‘your browser is out of date’ messages on some websites. I dread the next level of replacement (Win 10 or later). I had to jerry-rig some of the old XP programs to run on Win7. I lost several others — most of which do not have comparable replacements.
The problem with trying to update is that is creates new problems while, maybe, fixing old problems. I have had conflicts with Win7 updates, Firefox, Palemoon, Java, Adobe Flash, and several others. Fix one problem, and it breaks something else. I stopped most of my updating early last year — because my programs were working together then.
I’m still using a home built desktop and will likely continue to do so because it can be easily updated. I did a complete rebuild when I switched to Windows 7 using nothing more than a screwdriver. Updating a laptop or tablet requires buying a whole new system.
I will never be happy with anything other than a real ergonomic keyboard and mouse with two buttons on top, and two on the side.
I hate laptops, but they do have their place.
It’s the conversion to appliance. PCs just aren’t getting that much more exciting from 1 year to the next. This is both the hardware and software, there’s very little driving you to need the latest and greatest anymore, an 8 year old computer running 6 year old office apps will suffice for 99% of users these days. So there’s no reason to upgrade until it breaks, much like your microwave, no longer is your 4 year old computer a hunk of junk desperately needing replaced. This drops sales down, but there’s still plenty of buyers out there to support the market.