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by KdyKAK on July 16th, 2009

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Netbook, Laptop, or Desktop? Why?

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  • by The Wade on July 16th, 2009

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    Desktop for the power and flexibility. You can have a MUCH more powerful system in a desktop, and it's MUCH more flexible in the different kinds of components you can put in. You can't exactly swap out a video card with ease on a laptop. Nor can you get a very powerful one as of right now. If I recall correctly, the most powerful video card for a laptop is a 9800gt. The video card I have is quite a bit more powerful than that, and is much cheaper at that.

    ALTHOUGH. When it comes to convenience and cost, a laptop is a better choice. It won't be near as powerful or flexible, nor will some of the components be as cheap or available, but in the long-run, it's much cheaper. The desktop I'm running right now is quite powerful. I can run Crysis on FULL settings at 1024x768 on a 17" desktop monitor and 1440x900 on a 50" Plasma with no hiccups. And that's with iTunes running in the background. But the power consumption is monstrous. I use about 410 watts every hour with this beast. I just can't justify the electicity costs, when I could have a decent laptop that consumes not even a fourth of that--WITH a blu-ray player!

    Soooo, in the end, prolly a laptop for just how much more cost-effective it is in the long-run.

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