Who still uses a laptop or PC?

The Sidewards Man · 24-05-2016 11:13PM #1

I have officially said soyanara to mine, bollocking waiting for them to do their booting, leads etc. No one needs a wire anymore.

Sheeps · 24-05-2016 11:17PM

Yet you're probably gonna pull the wire off yourself tonight.

Arsemageddon · 24-05-2016 11:17PM

I use both a laptop and a desktop, I need them for work. I don't have a tablet and I got rid of the smart phone last year - I was on the stupid fvcking thing all day and night

TBH I'd be just as happy if we still lived in the golden age of telegrams and carrier pigeons.

AnonoBoy · 24-05-2016 11:17PM

Loads of people I'd say.

Y'know for work and that.

No?

The Sidewards Man · 24-05-2016 11:18PM

Sheeps wrote: »

Yet you're probably gonna pull the wire off yourself tonight.

Your mother already provided that.

_Kaiser_ · 24-05-2016 11:18PM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

I have officially said soyanara to mine, bollocking waiting for them to do their booting, leads etc. No one needs a wire anymore.

Still have and prefer my laptops personally. Far better for typing on or doing anything work-related.

Tablets are grand as consumption devices - watching films, browsing the internet, sending no more than a few lines of an email etc - but even they add on keyboards for anything more (thus turning them into laptops).

On a related note.. my current 2 year old laptop has a problem that's a recognized design flaw... so I'm about to be sent the brand new equivalent model instead... result!

Sheeps · 24-05-2016 11:19PM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Your mother already provided that.

Well she does work in a micro penis clinic.

B.A._Baracus · 24-05-2016 11:19PM

A lot of people still use laptops or desktops.
Go into your average business and you are guaranteed to see a desktop or a laptop

Anorak34c · 24-05-2016 11:19PM

Ray Darcy

Kylo Ren · 24-05-2016 11:20PM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

I have officially said soyanara to mine

Did it spit back "Did you mean: sayonara" ?

bollocking waiting for them to do their booting, leads etc.

Yeah. I wish they adopted the new phone and tablet 'bootless' feature.

No one needs a wire anymore.

Yeah, I'm loving these new solar powered phones and tablets.

El Chapo · 24-05-2016 11:20PM

I use a laptop, don't own a tablet. It boots up in about 30 seconds.

Don't tablets use a wire to charge just like a laptop?

lertsnim · 24-05-2016 11:22PM

You need a SSD if boot times bother you.

_Kaiser_ · 24-05-2016 11:23PM

lertsnim wrote: »

You need a SSD if boot times bother you.

+1 .. and a wireless mouse/keyboard if cables annoy you

scopper · 24-05-2016 11:23PM

If you just watch a few movies or book a holiday I am sure you can do without.

Do pretty much anything else I can bet you a laptop is at hand. I don't know many people who do not own one.

Spanish Eyes · 24-05-2016 11:26PM

Me.

I love my desktop and the wifi printer and gazillions of ram. And a keyboard for the bestseller I am writing just now. Wait for it!

Have a tablet (for me nerves obv. lol), but it just does not do quickly what I can do on the desktop. But it comes in handy sometimes I suppose. Mainly for holliers.

There is nothing like a real keyboard, a mouse and a HUMUNGOUS screen to get you focused.

It's in the kitchen area too. So out of sight for everyone else. Can watch movies, and pretend I am cleaning or cooking or whatever. Brilliant.

There are just some things a tablet will not do for ya. Apart from the druggie type things!

Each to their own.

The J Stands for Jay · 24-05-2016 11:27PM

I have a desktop with a SSD. Tiny boot times. The tablet does my head in for anything remotely complicated

theteal · 24-05-2016 11:27PM

I'm not sure I understand the point of the thread. Is there a new viable alternative to the latop/desktop that I'm not aware of?

fleet_admiral · 24-05-2016 11:28PM

Havent used the laptop in a while but thats because of some dodgy windows 10 update that wont let it start and im too lazy to fix

moc moc a moc · 24-05-2016 11:29PM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

I have officially said soyanara

That's not a word

And good luck playing Fallout 4 or watching a 4K movie on a tablet

Tenger · 24-05-2016 11:29PM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

I have officially said soyanara to mine, bollocking waiting for them to do their booting, leads etc. No one needs a wire anymore.

I still use my laptop with its lovely big screen and dedicated graphics card for my gaming needs. It has a double power battery so runs for about 2.5-3 hours (while gaming) without needing a charge.
I have SSD installed in mine so it boots up in approx 30-45 secs. Which is quicker than it takes me to pour a drink and get back to it anyway.
Funnily enough most phones and all tablets still need wires to charge these days.......

AnonoBoy · 24-05-2016 11:29PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

That's not a word

Soyanara

It's a non-dairy dessert isn't it?

The Sidewards Man · 24-05-2016 11:32PM

Sheeps wrote: »

Well she does work in a micro penis clinic.

That is a new name for a bordello I never heard of.

The Sidewards Man · 24-05-2016 11:32PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

That's not a word

And good luck playing Fallout 4 or watching a 4K movie on a tablet

I don't play games, I'm an adult.

Junkyard Tom · 24-05-2016 11:33PM

I use a 13.3" Chromebook 2, no anti-virus needed, battery life is 7/8 hours, it's the bee's knees.

Chromebooks outsell Macs for the first time.

bandwagonesque · 24-05-2016 11:33PM

I use a laptop mainly for a bit of work. Downloading movies is a lot easier too. Software for ripping the DRM out of them if need be too. Smartflix for Netflix only works on Windows and OS X and the moment is brilliant.

If I need to edit photos of videos I've access to a Macbook too which is great for all that.

Wouldn't be able to not have a proper computer. Seriously limiting.

bodhrandude · 24-05-2016 11:43PM

I still use a laptop fcuk looking at boards on a smart phone, it takes forever to scroll.

Bongalongherb · 24-05-2016 11:45PM

I'm not fond of the laptops, never was, but I still use this big-ass desktop dell xps 630i system, fast as hell compared to any laptop/tab smart-phone. I just love the huge monitor as well, I'd be lost without it to be honest. I have a tab for on the go but I'm old fashioned and into the mouse and keyboard and just don't like the touch stuff. Showing my age indeed.

The only difference between using this desktop on boards is that it's all digital and no voice needed, just text. QSK, back in the day before the internet in Ireland it was CB radio, it was a forum within itself but you used voice to communicate at all times so any-one could hear what you said and join in.

How things have changed.

Seek-you, Seek-you, seek-you DX, yanky alpha tango 39 east coast Ireland seek-you. They were the days to communicate to the united states on upper-sideband/lower side-band. It's all gone voiceless nowadays.

old_aussie · 25-05-2016 05:56AM

A pissy little smartphone or tablet is not gonna hold all my porn downloads, even one day of downloads.

PC's and laptops are the go, plenty of storage and big screen viewing.

mickoneill31 · 25-05-2016 06:08AM

I use my tablet for consumption (Web browsing, videos etc).

When I'm creating anything (documents, images, scripts etc.) then it's my laptop for work or PC for home work. I wouldn't have the patience to type a long document on Word for Android. Even this post is about the most I'd peck out on the tablet keyboard.

I don't think we're far off from docking a tablet or phone to a keyboard and monitor and just working away. The MS Surface is already there. I like the apps for android though and the cost of an android device vs the surface and I like keeping my messing about device as separate from my serious device.

spurious · 25-05-2016 06:27AM

Don't own and not a fan of laptops. Give me a big box of a PC that I can open and add to and fix myself, thank you.

25-05-2016 06:59AM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

I don't play games, I'm an adult.

It would be better to say, "I don't play games because I don't like them." I'm sure a lot of your adult friends are gamers (smartphones count) so no need to be condescending to so many people.

As for the OPs question, I've got 4 laptops and a broken tablet.

My huge gaming / work laptop is basically a PC as it's connected to a 23" monitor most of the time.
Then I've a 14" laptop I use to work in cafes outside of work or during lunch. It's also good for Civ 5.
I've got an old 14" that mostly just sits there waiting to play media through the TV.. If my girlfriend wants to work in the bedroom while I've got the other 14", she's use it instead of luggging in the 5kg big one.
There's also the 10" Transformer which could be a tablet as well but me and the girlfriend only seem to use it as a laptop.. I kind of hate the thing but she likes it and uses it an awful lot so I'll keep it.

I never bothered fixing my old Nexus 7 because ultimately, I find tablets useless.. I'm always typing on boards or reddit instead of just consuming and I could never do work on one. I see their uses but for me, they feel limited.

Who still uses a laptop or PC?

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