On Thu, 2 Oct 2014 03:04:54 +0000 (UTC), 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.

I haven't had my headers posted in a couple of days, so allow me to point
out that you made up a new definition for the word 'portable'. It doesn't
mean what you think it means. You've taken a very small aspect of
portability and you've brought it front and center, shoving everything else
that makes something portable to the side.

Hopefully, it makes sense that others are confused when you make up new
meanings for established words.