Why do you prefer laptops over desktops, and for what reasons?

[scott04sa22]

Why do you prefer laptops over desktops and the reasons why?

[Accidentallyyours]

Depends on what you are doing for work related things or just doing something quickly I prefer a laptop but for gaming I prefer a desktop the tend to be more powerful for the same cost

[Accidentallyyours]

Thank you 🙏

[Abbycado]

As a student, I need something mobile.

[Abbycado]

Ty for the mho!

[OneViewpoint]

Oh man, I haven't owned a desktop box in 25 years. I'm a finance guy these days and a laptop is smaller, lighter, but has all the power I need for business software, email, a browser, etc. And with USB / HDMI ports and sharing, I can use any size screen I want. Or any other peripheral for that matter. I think the only reason to own a desktop these days is gaming or maybe researchers who need extreme processing power, RAM, or storage. I'm currently on a 16" AMD Ryzen 8 core machine with AMD RADEON graphics card, 16 GB of Ram, and a terabyte solid state drive. It's frankly overkill for for a finance guy.

[melnc]

I need something portable I can take anywhere.. way better than being stuck at one desk. But if the desktop is strictly for gaming, I’ve got no problem with that.

[ProbablyClueless]

It begins and ends with portability for me. Other than that, I VASTLY prefer my desktop. Most functions I need a computer for are low power. Any kind of media editing and processing is better done on a desktop.

[jshm2]

Depends. A desktop isn't portable. A laptop isn't powerful.

[WhiteThought]

Desktop is superior in almost every way

[dudeinohio]

I prefer desktops.