Consumers are more satisfied with desktop PCs than laptops,tablets, study says

On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 07:27:19 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

I use the desktop in the mornings and evenings, and the laptop in the
afternoons (when the sun shines in my study window and makes the screen
difficult to see).

I can't see any use for a tablet.

I travel almost every week for work and bought a tablet so that I could
watch TV shows or movies while I'm waiting for a flight, and especially
during the flight. Free booze (I fly first class) and naps only go so far.

Between trips, my spouse was frequently borrowing the tablet, so I
eventually got a second one. It mostly lives on the couch in the living
room, and we use it surprisingly often. News report about a fire in
California? Two taps on the tablet and we have a Google map of California.
Story about Somalian pirates? Two taps and we know more about Somalia. What
other movies was this actor in? Two or three taps and we have the info. That
'star' is really bright, what is it called? Oh, it's Venus, thanks to the
portability and nearly instant access to a live star map. What's a live star
map? It's where you hold the tablet up to the sky and it shows you what you
already see, but it labels everything and allows you to zoom in/out.

I haven't even scratched the surface yet. If you have any sense of curiosity
or wonderment whatsoever about the world in which you live, you'll find
countless uses for a tablet. I don't mean you personally; I mean you in the
general sense.

We also each have a laptop, and I have a desktop PC, as well. I haven't sat
down in front of the desktop PC in over two years, but I use it daily as a
remote PC. I use TeamViewer across the WAN when I'm away from home, and
across the LAN when I'm home. Many people aren't aware that TeamViewer can
be used within a LAN.

If I had to give something up, it would be the desktop PC. Beyond that, it
would become a very painful choice.

--

Char Jackson

Per Ken Blake:
I can't see any use for a tablet.

I do. I never use mine at home, but I use it when I travel

+1 - except that I use mine at home too.

- Light weight (laying on the couch on my back.... -)

- Quick startup - couple seconds max vs 30 seconds for
the laptop to come out of hibernation.


To me, it's a media consumption device. As soon as I start thinking
about creating content, the laptop or desktop come to mind.

--
Pete Cresswell