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power consumption. When the power goes out, the laptop stays on longer than my desktop sized UPS. obviously space. I don't even know where I'd put a desktop.
by mmphosis 5y ago
power consumption. When the power goes out, the laptop stays on longer than my desktop sized UPS.
obviously space. I don't even know where I'd put a desktop.
silence. I am not a fan of fans. I have a relatively "under-powered" CPU/GPU which is good enough. I am not a gamer. Although I'd love to have a 64GB+ RAM laptop, an ultra-thick AMD gaming laptop won't work for me. Liquid cooling is not in my future.
flexible small thin devices. Plug and play. Our computing experience is not limited to a solitary grey box. Our phones, laptops, and small board computers (ie. raspberry pi) are still running after decades in some cases. A hardware "upgrade" is plugging in monitors, mice, keyboards, and other cabled/wireless devices into other various devices. I don't have to take apart a dusty grey box in order to swap things around.
- lnxg33k1 5y agoYour points make sense a lot for me, at least based on my experience, I have to turn off my desktop overnight because otherwise the fan noise would not allow me to sleep properly, but more than a problem with desktop itself (I have a liquid cooling anyway that is relatively quiet) I picked a AMD RX6900XT that might be noiseful so I guess laptop would solve that (or a cheaper VGA) But in terms of space, I am not sure, I have a microATX case where the VGA fits by a nail, and it doesn't take that much space
- mmphosis 5y agoOh yeah, micro ATX I would consider. I have a stack of 2 old Mac minis. If money was no object, I would add a room for a maxed out Talos Raptor.