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| Thread ID: 103196 | 2009-09-15 06:29:00 | Notebook sales..... | Scouse (83) | PC World Chat |
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| 810388 | 2009-09-15 06:29:00 | Interesting item.... To me..... www.smh.com.au Quote: "Sales of notebooks first eclipsed desktops in late 2004, according to local market tracking firm GfK Australia. Since then, laptops have enjoyed a steady upward trajectory at the expense of desktop computers to the point where notebooks now outsell desktops two-to-one." |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 810389 | 2009-09-15 07:36:00 | That is pretty much inevitable, given that laptops are seldom repaired or upgraded. When they don't cut the mustard, out they go. Desktops don't get stolen so often and are far less likely to be left on a bus, or at school. Plus, it is hardy the height of fashion to have your envy aspiring accessory left at home where it can't impress cafe society. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 810390 | 2009-09-15 07:42:00 | Doesn't surprise me at all. People don't seem to mind the expense, as long as it's a laptop. My brother wanted a PC for home, so I specd him out one. He brought a laptop. I asked him why and he said "It's just cooler". He rang me up the other night and asked why he couldn't play Battlefield 2 on his laptop. I said it was because he didn't have a video card, so he got me to price one for him, worked out approx double what it would have cost him to get one for a desktop PC. *Sigh* |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 810391 | 2009-09-15 09:13:00 | To overcome the dilemma,I have both. Desktop being my favourite. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 810392 | 2009-09-15 10:52:00 | Snap! | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 810393 | 2009-09-15 11:50:00 | I people I know myself most are with laptops. They don't even have a desktop. Laptops for most people are fast enof and the cost isn't bad, I mean you can get laptop under $700 not counting netbooks. Most people only need it for web, email, skype and ms office and pdf. They can take it to the backyard and sit in the sun, the lounge while watching tv and the bedroom. Take it overseas. Given what people spend on iPods and iPhones the laptop could be said a bargain. Some I know even take them long on the Xmas family holiday around the country just to have access to email and internet banking. On that note maybe that is why not cellular broadband can be considered at least an option if you can control the usage. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 810394 | 2009-09-15 11:52:00 | Doesn't surprise me at all. People don't seem to mind the expense, as long as it's a laptop. My brother wanted a PC for home, so I specd him out one. He brought a laptop. I asked him why and he said "It's just cooler". He rang me up the other night and asked why he couldn't play Battlefield 2 on his laptop. I said it was because he didn't have a video card, so he got me to price one for him, worked out approx double what it would have cost him to get one for a desktop PC. *Sigh* I have a work colleague like that. Also with a lack of ram but I can swap the dead laptop's ram into his other one. They are compatible. If games or what does not work they don't really mind it, they shrug their shoulders and then forget about it. If they are really into it then maybe a desktop but then speaking behalf of most people out there games are not essential hence they I think get laptops. I did have a PC for high school but then at uni for 6yrs and then 5 yrs after that I used the same laptop. The laptops were bought used cos at the time they were $$$ but at 2000+ they started getting affordable but I preferred used one cos I liked the thinner ones. Only got my own PC this year at Jan. I did get a ok video card but haven't played one game on it since. I don't edit video or music. I do photography only the occasional shot edited but then again, I think laptops are fine for that work still even a dual core, I know photography authors who prefer to use laptops cos they can use them indoors and outdoors, they can run external HDD off them and still find the speeds ok. One of my manager said laptops can increase office efficiency. If people are away at meetings and trips etc. you can always give them laptops and you can assign people to hybrid offices, that is you don't necessarily need each person to be assigned to a desk. Cos they are always moving. Just have a docking station on the desk. These days at offices they tend to have T3G cards for internal office network access incl mapped network drives. |
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