Desktop versus laptop

I'm thinking about getting rid of the desktop, my house is small and the desk and paraphenalia takes up too much space. My desktop PC is a pretty basic model, so I should be able to get a faster laptop. I was thinking about getting an external hard drive to archive all my files.

Any advice?

depends what you use your computer for to be honest, if its just for the internet and veiwing photo's, then yeah.

if its for watching movies, downloading, video editing, then no.

Originally Posted by Razor

I'm thinking about getting rid of the desktop, my house is small and the desk and paraphenalia takes up too much space. My desktop PC is a pretty basic model, so I should be able to get a faster laptop. I was thinking about getting an external hard drive to archive all my files.

Any advice?

Sounds like you have it covered to me... none of this should be a problem now a-days.

Originally Posted by Warren

if its for watching movies, downloading, video editing, then no.

Not sure why it should make any difference for downloading or editing. I have a couple of laptops and a PC and while the Dell laptop would struggle with high demand apps the Vaio would match up to most everyday PC benchmarks. I guess if you're after cuttiing edge performance then fair enough go with a PC.

Download speeds should be irrelevant, it's rare that the hardware at your end is the limiting factor in download speeds and I've got to say after watching a few movies on the Vaio's hi-res X black screen I don't miss my PC at all (might change my mind if I get that 30' Dell TFT though )

I only use it for email, surfing, music and photos. I was thinking of getting a bullet cam and camcorder for recording bike rides, but only for uploading to youtube and similar sites.

PC if its for games definatley Graphics cards are much better and faster for PC also it is much easier to upgrade Hard drives, memory, soundcards etc.. on a home PC then Laptop.

Freedom of the laptop means you can take it with you where ever you go, Home PC's just havent got that portability!

External hard drive see that PC world are doing some for about £50

I never play games, well, not on the computer anyway.

Novatech do cheap external drives.

[tigersaw]

I went down that road almost a year ago, I dont miss the big PC at all. I have a 250Gb plug in drive for archiving all the movies and music, and I keep my personal stuff on a dongle.
The only time I have to be in a particular place is for printing, when its easier to take the laptop to the printer.
I've always preferred to play games on a console anyway, its a level playing field, you have to join the pc hardware arms race if you want to play pc games.

Originally Posted by tigersaw

I keep my personal stuff on a dongle.

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