Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

Re:Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 by BinaryIdiot on Monday June 01, 2015 @06:26AM (#9637633)

Hmm it seems difficult to find statistics that separate desktop boxes from laptops (I see separation of desktop and laptop va ultraportable) but I think the trend is less desktops and more laptops. So I'm not entirely surprised.

Honestly I constantly built my own towers for years but these past 3 or 4 years I haven't even booted a desktop tower; laptops are just so good nowadays and I can pick it up and go or dock it with multiple monitors it almost seems silly to do a tower anymore. Obviously there are still plenty of power user use cases or high end gaming to consider but many laptops can do a lot of that well enough.

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Re:Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 by baldfat on Monday June 01, 2015 @07:25AM (#9637804)

I like my keyboard and mouse with two screen that are there 100% of the time.

Frsutrating that Firefox and Chrome boot slower than my phone and tablet!

I will stop using a desktop computer when you pry the mechnical keyboard out of my cold dead hands.

P.S. Never personally owned a laptop and only use one's provided by my work.

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Re:Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 by tracker1 on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:20PM (#9643636)

Not to detract, but are you booting on a hard disk or SSD.. the HTPC in my livingroom does a full reboot in about 12 seconds (ubuntu 15.04) and my desktop isn't much slower. Both of which are way faster than my 1+1 android phone.

I also prefer a mechanical keyboard, have my own at work as well... I hate when I'm on my rmbp, which is about as good as a laptop keyboard/touchpad interface gets...

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Re:Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 by ytjohn on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:21AM (#9639278)

I agree about the mechanical keyboard and large screen. But I do use a laptop. It sits on my desk docked in (usb and thunderbolt docks are awesome - 1 cable). Then, I can take it with me.

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