bit-tech.net | Laptops to overtake Desktop sales

DarkLord7854 22nd March 2007, 15:36

That just means there's more people buying into laptops, doesn't mean they don't already own a desktop. The good thing about desktops is that you can just upgrade it piece by piece. Laptops.. You can't, not as much anyways(HD and memory but that's about it),and they're sold as 1 unit, whereas desktops can ether be bought as 1 unit or as multiple. I'm guessing they don't consider the people like us who buy new desktop parts every year or so.

Bindibadgi 22nd March 2007, 15:40

Very good point, I'd love to know the proportion of people upgrading to just buying a PC. Also, remember most companies buy PCs rather than laptops for their employees (unless you're managerial or travel often) so those will negate the people upgrading.

Veles 22nd March 2007, 15:43

I don't see why companies havn't made tablet laptops the new laptop standard, they're far superior to a standard laptop, I never want to use a touch pad ever again.

I'm not surprised to hear it, laptops are very popular, when was the last time you saw someone (i.e. home user) using a PC on an advert? Quite a lot of people I know have laptops, students often get them, thinking yeah I can take it to lectures and use that instead, which hardly ever happens.

metarinka 22nd March 2007, 16:39

what's the price margin of laptops and PC's that's the real question, and as mentioned the upgrade and home builder market is non existent for laptop users. But a percentage of the buying population (including myself) buuild not buy their homecomputers

DarkLord7854 22nd March 2007, 16:50

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Originally Posted by Veles
I'm not surprised to hear it, laptops are very popular, when was the last time you saw someone (i.e. home user) using a PC on an advert? Quite a lot of people I know have laptops, students often get them, thinking yeah I can take it to lectures and use that instead, which hardly ever happens.

Yep, but you have to realize that most people who own a lappy also have desktop, and only now are laptops really becoming mainstream and more and more common. The only reason those sales are going up is because people buying laptops most likely already have a desktop and just want something they can take on the go.
We only recently bought a laptop and have 3 desktops, 2 of which are rather old (one being 6 years old now), and soon we're buying another 2 laptops.

riggs 22nd March 2007, 17:36

I agree - I know quite a few people (myself included) that have ditched the desktop in favour of a lappy. Seems to be the trend these days...

Stompy 22nd March 2007, 21:11

I find I use my laptop alot more at home, even though my laptop has a 14" widescreen, compared to a 19" CRT on the PC. It's just so much more convient if I decide I want to go and sit on the sofa downstairs whilst using it, I can just unplug everything and take it downstairs, still having everything open on the screen.

Of course, it does have intel bollocks graphics so I still have to use the PC for gaming.

rowin4kicks 22nd March 2007, 21:25

i totally agree, my laptop is soo much more versitile than my old desktop, although i do miss the power, adn the screen size a bit lol

Aankhen 22nd March 2007, 21:59

I don't know about mobile computers overtaking desktops, but they could certainly catch up. For example, in my household of six people, five of us have laptops (I have a desktop too, of course ;)). Only three of us (myself included) are college students.

KMS-oul 22nd March 2007, 23:26

Laptop price performance ratio is much better than it was years ago so it's only logical really.

Firehed 23rd March 2007, 00:58

I thought laptop sales overtook desktop sales a couple years ago...
There certainly is a convenience factor, but I still like to keep a desktop around for when I need the extra space/power/screen/etc. That said, I'm using a laptop primarily now.

west4sider 23rd March 2007, 09:26

The point with the screen according to me is not so relevant if you have a nice 19" monitor at home and just plug the laptop to it ... Of course for gaming the desktop is much better (laptops have junk graphics unless you pay more for discrete solutions) you can always put more memory for the new version of your favorite game (and it's cheaper than the one for the laptop) ... and on and on and on!!! Plus if you want your laptop to be fully functional you have to get a separate peripherals such as mouse and keyboard - sound ....

dire_wolf 23rd March 2007, 11:28

I know a lot of my work colleagues are switching to laptops now, even if it's just for home use, mainly because they can wander about with it and not have to sit cramped up at a desk all the time. I just can't seem to get along with laptops, they just seem to lack grunt when you need it in games and rendering, maybe something to do with HDD speed.

Bluephoenix 23rd March 2007, 22:39

I suppose its the old specilization route.

laptops will become the standard machines for office and web tasks, while desktops will be used mostly for tasks that require a lot of power or storage space. (home file/backup servers, gaming, HTPC/media servers)

sui_winbolo 24th March 2007, 22:47

I'll be getting a laptop instead of building a PC this summer. I was going to build my dream machine, but a laptop is a much more logical route with college and running back & forth.

Bluephoenix 25th March 2007, 03:04

only issue there is you can't fasten a laptop down onto the floor :)

mine is only removable if you know how to get at the bolt-heads

crazydeep74 25th March 2007, 04:42

This either means people are getting too lazy to walk to there computer or, are being more active and getting out.

Cobalt 25th March 2007, 19:36

I know that at my college laptops are the latest craze. Everyone is getting one now whether they can afford it or not lol.

However I am being asked to build a lot more desktops for people as well so it seems that PC uptake has had a sudden surge where I am. Possibly because all those people still on P3s etc have finally decided to bite the bullet.

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