Would it be a good idea to switch 100% to a laptop?

I'm considering buying a brand new laptop, top of the range, with all the specs of a desktop.

Then I'm going to transfer all of my files from my current desktop to the new laptop.

So then I'll have portability, and if I want, I can just stick in the VGA cable from my current monitor/TV and use my laptop on a 32" screen.

And I could also plug in a keyboard and a mouse if I felt like it too, so it would be exactly the same as a desktop, except with portability. [However much you can get from a top-of-the-range laptop].

Are there any problems in this idea?

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Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:07pm: Thanks a lot!
I thought of this idea today and I thought to myself, why doesn't everybody do it? There must be a reason...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:12pm: Oh yeah, and what Brand of laptop do you use?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:28pm: Like me, you don't play Computer Games anymore either, but I still want the performance.

That's what I was contemplating until recently when I found out that Dell XPSs only come in 15.4" [I much prefer 17"] and the Dell XPS Gaming laptops come in 17" but the battery is utterly useless.
So I think I'll have to get a Studio.
What's the HP's battery life like?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:38pm: Well, personally I think it would be good to have it anyway.
Just in case I needed it on the road.
I think I'm just going to buy the best battery on the market for it anyway.
I wonder how much of a difference there is between the 15.4" battery life and the 17"'s?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by EEngineer on November 23, 2008 at 2:56pm: Thats exactly what I do now. Unless your making a movie or running a program with high level computations I don't see why a laptop can't replace a desktop. I see no problems with that plan.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:11pm: Well right now I have a desktop a couple of years old, I think it has only 2GB RAM and 160GB memory, it's been perfect for everything I've needed it for.
And I've ran some pretty high-performance stuff.

And my household just got a new generic-use laptop and it has 3GB RAM and like 320GB memory.

So I'm planning to get myself a new 4GB RAM laptop and 6 hundred and something memory on it.

It also has a video card far better than the one I have now, and the one I have now has done me for all my hardcore gaming, although I don't game anymore.

All of my computers are Dell and I think I'm going to go with a new Dell laptop as well.

What brand do you use?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by TyphoidKitten on November 23, 2008 at 3:14pm: The only reason you should get a laptop is for the internet and maybe a little music.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:16pm: Why not use it as I use a desktop?

I see no reason.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by TyphoidKitten on November 23, 2008 at 3:26pm: Unless you travel EVERYWHERE with your laptop and have to do everything on the fly and shit like that. Then fine get a laptop as your main.

Now if you just need your laptop for this and that. And like to sit in front of the fire on the internet on a rainy day, then theres no reason to even get a laptop you're describing.

In all my experiences with laptops (and other peoples experiences) I've never come across anyone that was happy with there choice 4+ months down the rode. There laptop got extremely slow and over crowded, or the battery wentout it wont charge, they hate there screen cause it's to big/small. the hinges are all fucked up. There's just so many things.

You know what get a laptop go ahead i dont care. But dont come crying to me when shit goes down.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:32pm: Slow and overcrowded?

I have tens of thousands of songs, thousands of pictures, and hundreds of movies on my desktop now and it has just 2GB RAM. And there's not a thing wrong with it.
And the laptop I'm looking at has 4GB RAM, so I doubt there'd be any problem there.

Battery won't charge? I'd get it fixed by the manufacturer for free. Although I don't see it likely.

Screen not the right size? I'm getting a 17" and right now that's what I have on my current laptop and that's perfect, and as I said, I'm going to be using it off my 32" HDTV whenever I want.
So there's no problem there.

And hinges fucked up? Not likely. But even if it did, I'd get it fixed by the manufacturer for free as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shtanto on November 23, 2008 at 3:18pm: Yeah the only people who really ought to have desktops these days are gamers or graphic designers and we wish our boxes were portable!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on November 23, 2008 at 3:21pm: Yeah but I was a huge gaming addict at the beginning of this year and all of last year and I used a desktop with specs less than an average laptop has now.

And I also used to do a lot of graphic design, flash design, etc. With the best graphic tools on the market, so I don't think there's any reason to have a desktop, no matter who you are.; ▶ Reply to This