On 10/1/2014 11:04 PM, John Doe wrote:
Ron wrote:

John Doe wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
"Don Phillipson" wrote:

All local indicators suggest laptops far outsell desktops
nowadays (not to mention also tablets.)

Leaving aside tablets, which are very different from desktops
or laptops, if laptops outsell desktops, I think it's crazy.
As far as I'm concerned, almost the only situation when a
laptop should be used instead of a desktop is when traveling,
because it's smaller and lighter, and therefore easier to
carry. In all other respects, a laptop is inferior to a
desktop:

Besides screen size... The fundamental difference is power. If
you're going to use a computer for portability, you don't have
the power of a desktop. When I consider games for my tablet,
that's comes to mind. Chess might be fun, but it's going to
suck the battery dry. I have a feeling that's why the maker of
X-Plane abandoned its attempt on the tablet, flight simulation
is power-hungry. That goes for lots of games. It's going to be
decades before battery technology is up to the task. But
tablets are a lot of fun anyway.

What do you mean by "power"? Computing power? If so that's not
true.

You should not have snipped so much of my post since you are
confused. I don't want to have to explain everything over and over
again.

You do know what "portability" means? It means you are running off
of battery power. Part of it depends on how much portability you
need and how many times you want to cycle the battery during a
day. You will notice that the most intense and enjoyable games are
not on tablets. I'm talking about mainstream games. Any gamer
knows what I'm talking about... Like $200+ video card gaming. Like
gaming systems that require 500+ W power supplies.

Tablets are cool but they can't do miracles. Like I said, it will
be decades before battery power will allow them to do the tricks
that a desktop personal computer can do.


I'm not confused. Your post wasn't clear The poster before you was
speaking about laptops and then you said, "Besides screen size... The
fundamental difference is power. If you're going to use a computer for
portability, you don't have the power of a desktop."

*If you are going to use a computer for portability*

Portability

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portability\

I never said a word about tablets. I'm talking about laptops which are
just as powerful as desktops. They are *portable*, and you can plug them
into an electrical outlet.

Here...I saved you the trouble.

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