Win XP to Win 10?

On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:34:22 -0500, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2019-01-10 07:08, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[...]

I can see that a proper desktop, with a big keyboard and monitor, still
holds its attraction for those with a settled lifestyle, _or_ who are
willing to switch between devices when they travel or visit. Also, for
those needing special machines - number-crunching, gaming, and so on.
For me, the ability to now take this my main computer wherever I go (not
relying on syncing services) means I can't see me ever going back to a
desktop as my main machine: in fact other than lethargy and nostalgia
I'm not sure why I keep my desktop. But - this is just me; YMMV, and I'm
certainly not saying anyone _should_ change. I just thought I'd answer
Bill-in-Co's question from my own experience.

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We have a laptop, a Surface tablet PC, this desktop, and a smartphone.
Pretty soon, I'll buy a newer Surface tablet PC or laptop, and ditch the
old one. Reasons as described above. The tablet PC is good for travel,
and that's all we use it for these days.

A desktop is a business/work machine. Too cumbersome for anything else.

The smartphone is a quick'n'easy connection to email/web/etc. Handy when
a laptop is too large (as e.g. when dining out).


I have an old laptop, a smaller laptop (netbook), and a tablet. They
were all bought for traveling, and each was bought because it was
smaller and lighter than its predecessor.

I don't use any of them anymore. These days I just travel with my
smart phone, which is smaller and lighter than all of them, and does
everything I want it to do: Kindle, e-mail, web, and Google maps.

I know that a lot of people are like J. P. Gilliver, and use a laptop
in place of a desktop at home. But I can never understand why.