Poll: Do You Have a Desktop Computer At Home?
Notebooks have been eating into the desktop space for a while now. This replacement has been due to the increased capabilities of notebooks coupled with lower prices for same. I am immersed in mobile technology, so it’s no surprise there are no desktops in my household. What about you? Have notebooks taken over your house like mine? Answer the poll and let’s see how many households have gone the mobile route.
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Two basic answers for our house:
(all machines including those in basement storage)
5 desktops
3 PDA’s
2 ultraportables
4 operational tablets
or (currently in use)
- 1 x Fujitsu P1610
- 1 x Fujitsu ST-5020D
- 1 x HP TX2508CA
- 1 x Toshiba R10
- 1 x desktop in need of repair
- 1 x very obsolete emachine desktop
I hope you don’t live alone.
I think notebooks began outselling desktops around 2002.
I mainly use desktop as a huge file server, but with NAS gear getting more affordable I may not need a desktop much longer.
Actually, it was reported last year that notebook sales exceeded desktop sales for the first time and that was only in the US.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkYOf_SCQ1ugSXKLXCsSs7qWnsQA
Actually C-Net reported Notebooks outselling Desktops back in 2005. Anyway I am sure the trend will continue as notebooks (even netbooks) get more powerful and cheaper. Some of those new Gaming Notebooks can run circles around 99% of the desktops out there.
http://news.cnet.com/PC-milestone–notebooks-outsell-desktops/2100-1047_3-5731417.html
notebooks can never replace my desktop server :)
i thought they could but.. i just love having a server/desktop to run my conversions on and for centrally storing my media/data.
plus, my recent upgrade was a mere $250 and i went from a 2.0ghz amd athlon 64 to dual core 3.0ghz with 8gb of ram :) and i’m one of those system builder types too :P
Never say never. Wait till that 16 Terabyte notebook-sized 2.5″ hard drive comes out.
Never is right. A server usually does not need a display does not need to be carried around, and needs to be opened up. So a notebook will be inappropriate.
A notebook has always been my home computer of choice – the only difference now is that it stays tethered more often than not since my purchase back in November 2007 of a netbook.
I love the poll design!
3 desktops: Media Center, server and a “normal” PC with a calibrated true HD screen for audio, graphic and video work.
This is in addition to a netbook and a MID.
I don’t appreciate how the poll asks, “Have Notebook replaced Desktops? Yes (I don’t have desktops) or No (I do have desktops)” while the title of the article is “Do you have Desktops at home? Yes (I do have desktops) or No (I don’t have desktops).”
My old desktop upstairs was last rebuilt around 2000. It’s only used now when I need to redo settings on the dsl modem. My wife and I are now hardcore laptop users on the wireless sytem at home, she with a Macbook, and me with a Macbook Pro. I doubt I’ll ever have another desktop computer. I much prefer using the laptop downstairs so I can watch tv while online.
3 desktops
1 laptop
1 UMPC
1 PDA
1 MID
1 Smartphone
2 Cell phones
Sent from my OQO, smoking my cigar, outside of Starbucks. Needless to say, the UMPC is mine.
2 desktops run 24/7 (home office/server and kitchen)
1 laptop
1 tablet notebook
1 PDA
2 WinMob phones
I love notebooks, but work far more productively with my three-monitor setup on my desk.