Why do you choose laptop over desktop gaming?

So I can spend "Quality Time", err.............be in the same room with my wife, (living room) . She watches the soaps and I game ! Stick one ear bud in, so I can semi-listen to her !

 

I actually prefer the setup of gaming on the laptop and being able to play in different rooms because I like different environments.

Traveling had a lot to do with getting a powerful gaming laptop, I was all bout MW2 multiplayer in hotels around the world. Now that I'm not traveling I prefer to game on the desktop.

 

portable gaming has its pro's and con's, like when I'm studying i really shouldn't be gaming but when I *had* my laptop with me I would game instead. Weak as it may sound but I had a hard time with discipline when it came to things like games. Now I have a desktop that could probably run NASA but I still long for the freedom that my old laptop gave me.

Now all I need is to find one that is portable, cheap, and NOT powerful enough to run games .

 

Awesome, I do the same exact thing except substitute Girlfriend for Wife.

I have to admit, it is better than being in a quite room at a desk with just my computer.

 

To change the way others think about the possibility of gaming on laptops with on-par graphics alongside high-end desktops.

 

I used to be a desktop junky,never really got into notebooks,until i purchased a older pressario and got hooked from that point on.todays laptops have plenty of power and cant beat the portability of them,their just a win,win situation.......

 

sadly your not the only one, during college it was hard to pay attention to my teachers lecturing when I could game instead.

 

I enjoy doing whatever you do on your desktop, outside, on the go, here, there, anywhere but my desk.

 

desktop is more powerful but laptop is more economical ( electric bill )

 

anytime anywhere

 

I don't understand how people game portably without their laps burning...

Any good game will burn your lap because it is making your gpu cry.

amirite?

 

you see, there is this great invention called a table...

 

i kno!111!!!

and all these noobs (jk) are saying they like to game in their recliner!

I think "lolwut" when I read their posts!

I would be infertile if I gamed with my laptop on my lap! not to mention my laptop would die from overheating!

casual gaming?

that phrase isn't in my vocabulary.

 

There was a great invention and it was called G73 and G53 and the bottom never gets hotter than 80F.

 

I never game on my lap but I am sure you can use a cooler pad for that. Also if you have a laptop with a decent cooling design the bottom will not get that hot.

 

Because they are portable... Easier to take around to a mates place, while you get bored in class, just open her up and play some WoW.

 

Beware: Warm computers can cause permanent skin discoloration on your lap | National

 

Because I can take it to friends house and do some LAN gaming. Without dragging boxes.

 

One thing to keep in mind about laptops is that they can be made to rival desktops while still retaining lower power consumption.
Problem is, they are intentionally less powerful by default and more expensive due to the mentality that if you want portability, power and economical power solution, you need to pay through the nose.
A false mentality to be sure with but 2 obstacles: money and profit.

Of course, laptops to my knowledge are closing the performance differential (albeit slowly) between themselves and the desktops, and there's a shift that focuses more on mobility (still, compared to laptops or desktops, hand-held devices are severely underpowered).

I'm not saying it will eliminate desktops entirely, but mobile solutions will probably come to an equal footing by a certain point in time.
Depends really.
But I'm not gonna hold my breath either, taking into consideration the fact the kind of system we reside in.

 

Laptops are still far away from performance of a desktop. Even the best Clevo X7200 with dual 480M etc, pales in comparison to a desktop half the cost.

I do agree that you can get performance that is suitable for latest games at high settings now, which is something that wasn't possible few years ago at a reasonable price well under 2K now.

 

Though eventually laptops are going to be just as powerful. Since most of the people are looking toward laptop rather than desktop when they want a new computer. [Can't find the article, but I read that this summer.]

 

I personally have many reasons why I could not have lived with a Desktop these last few years. Just in the last few months I have traveled many times and there would have been no way for me to carry around a Desktop with me to my many hotel stays and different apartments. Right now where I live, I have a 42 inch LCD HDTV and I am currently hooked up to it using HDMI @ 1080p rez. My laptop is very capable gaming wise and I can run games like L4D 2 @ 1920x1080 maxed settings 4x AA at around 45-50 fps average. I had to get a wireless keyboard and mouse so that I could sit a few feet in front of the TV and enjoy the view

 

totally agree... the G73 doesn't get hot... but really nobody games on ur lap...i don't.. I personally bought a laptop to

1. Save electricity lol
2. I need something portable
3. No space in my house


I don't regret my choice and certainly nver will.. i'd build a desktop if i wasn't bankrupt.

 

I'm concerned about this happening to me next fall lol

" And that's why the heart has four chambers", says prof.
Meanwhile.... " Dam spy.. I almost had the point too", says the unfortunate me

 

although i spend much of my gaming time on my self built franken-desktop.... when my wife comes home and starts nagging me about useless things like today (i had been churning my way through new vegas), i move to the back yard on my laptop with the dogs and a beer.

 

1. Portable with same power.
2. Less clutter and easier to just hide in a draw if need be.

 

For lanning and moving around the house only. Parents rage at me when i take my rigg to lans because they say its so cumbersome (fair enough). Sold off most of the components in my rig to purchase this laptop and to save up for a car. Haven't had a single regret Although coming from a GTX 480 SLI to 5850 xfire to a downclocked 5770 kinda makes me miss all that power haha

 

I choose a laptop over a desktop simply for portability. I tend to dislike when people stand behind me gawking and what I"m doing or what I"m playing. With a laptop, I can sit with my back to the chair and avoid that annoyance.

 

I choose laptop over desktop so I can game where I go, that simple, in the last year and half i've been in singapore, UK, malaysia & Australia, can you even imagine trying to bring a desktop with you to just one country?

 

Just a question of preferences. Laptops have proven that people like "all inclusive" solutions so as to minimize headaches, which is why lots of manufacturers are producing "all-in-one" desktops as well.

However, the customizable desktop probably will still fill its own niche with the enthusiast crowd or the semi-enthusiast cost conscious crowd who don't move a lot.

 

The customizable desktop still has it's own market, Enthusiast gamers doesn't even have to be the cost concious crowd, there are people willing to pay out the £850 or so just for a i7 980X and then have 480s / 5970s in SLI / Crossfire.

 

That's true, but also most people aren't looking for much horsepower from their laptops. I think the market segment where people are looking for powerful gaming computers might not lean as heavily toward laptops.

 

I choose laptop for this reasons:
- I have battery and i can bring it to a lot of places (ex. school) or travel (like right now, im in germany without missing SC2 ).
- Doesn't takes too much space in my desk (and there are not too much wires like my brother's desk).
- Is more friendly with electricity bills.
- I can play games without loosing performance

 

I game on laptop because:

- its on par with my desktop performance in games
- its on par with my desktop performance in emulators
- the screen have a much higher res than a common fullhd
- its comfy, my neck doesnt hurt, and im able to game without a hitch
- for space reasons. Having a good gaming laptop means having everything you have with a desktop but with less space and NO WIRES!
- I can continue on game,work and do other tasks when power cuts out, and i can do what i want outside my room as well. At least for 2 hours
- i love the accessibilty that a laptop offers compared to a desktop, hell, i even have a builtin g15 display in my keyboard.

Add a gamepad, add a cooling base and a mouse. All you need is there, without getting in the way of my room.

 

What's up with the laptop using less space than desktop reasons? I mean don't people just put their monitor (which is very thin nowadays), keyboard and mouse on the table and then leave the rest of the desktop under the table so that in a way using a desktop gives you way more usable space on the table instead of having a laptop occupying a huge area in the middle of the desk?

 

Ah yes, it depends if you're a gamer or not. For the desktop, well, you need a Computer Desk if you want to do things right, or just a normal desk will do.
Imagine what will happen if you ditch the desk completely, with a laptop you need only a plain surface, you're done.

For me, space its a big issue. I used to game with Desktop alot, therefore i used to have bigger screens, gaming keyboards, 5.1 sound systems, huge computer cases with alot of fans, alot of peripheral, mouses, gaming pads and so on.

The space taken was insane trust me. Since i use my pc for gaming and entertainment only, a powerful laptop will do just fine. In the near future, when time will come, i will think to sell this one and get another one, or maybe, build a new desktop totally.

 

maybe this one:
Tablets To Overtake Desktop Sales By 2015, Laptops Will Still Reign

or this one:

http://news.techworld.com/sme/3227696/desktop-and-laptop-sales-to-grow-this-year/?olo=rss
According to IDC, mainstream laptop sales will lead the market return this year for both consumer and corporate segments. Portable PCs should hold a 70% share of all PCs sold by 2012.

laptops rule the computing world.

 

Which is why I put them into 2 different categories?

 

Actually same reason why I choose laptop over desktop....

 

very good point ^

 

If you're really pressed for space like I am, the space that's occupied by the actual PC could be better used for storing something else (like books and folders), or be left empty to increase the overall feeling of peace, zen and feng shui in the room.

 

It's portable, I put it in my backpack and off I go.

If I want Ultra portability and long battery Life I take my netbook.

For bigger screen and basic gaming my easynote does well.

For mass Storage, and big screen gaming the desktop does that job.

For lans, moving around the house, visiting friend, or any thing that needs more than my desktop can give, I use my M17x R2.

Because I like Gadgets

 

Yes, but not the high performance computing world.

 

I like my laptop more than my desktop and it rivals my desktop in performance too. I don´t see any reason to upgrade my dektop at all since performance in games have stagnated until a new console generation gets released. There is no game so far that really pushes it, yes sure you have Metro 2033. But overall I can game in 1200p on my notebook and with high quality settings and very good framerates. So for me gaming on a notebook is more fun than gaming on a desktop.

Also two desktops takes up too much space, I am playing LAN at home so a notebook and a desktop is the ultimate for me. Though I prefer notebooks over desktops.

 

I like my desktop better then my laptop, I easily have thousands upon thousands of dollars invested on PC's and I up until recently enjoyed my laptop more, but I've realized something late in my young life, and that's the quality of my own life can be exercised better if I separate gaming and move away from it, or at least create some better "spacing." Don't get me wrong I love playing games, but sadly I've noticed that in the general public I do not like nor enjoy associating with the general population of gamers. What does this mean exactly? Well sadly the reality for me goes, I probably don't really want to talk to you or anyone else while I'm gaming and I just wanna do my own thing for an hour or so and while I was gaming outside of my home in different areas, I was drawing unwanted crowds or groups. I'd often play any competitive RTS game, and then draw crowds while i play, =X. I don't feel that I'm exceptionally good or anything, just fast, but I suppose alot of people don't play RTS games so they just watch out of intrigue or interest. I just enjoy RTS games as they're interactive chess games, which are cool, lol.


Since moving back to the desktop, I enjoy the larger screen for gaming, along with a real videocard. You know a m17x-r2's 5870 is on par with a sub 100 dollar 5770 ATi card? Yet I paid nearly 4x that amount for that. Desktop GPU's are hands down superior, and much more stable. I'll still always own an alienware laptop or the next upcoming laptop for gamers, I'll just be trying to practice alot of self-restraint from gaming when away from the confines of my room, afterall that still beats me buying an Apple right? And it's roughly the same price.

My fiancée appreciates this much more, and no I'm not whipped.

 

I don't choose my laptop over a desktop for gaming, it just so happens that I game on my laptop because I don't have a desktop.

 

In just a few years desktops will be relegated to two niche markets, boring workstations in cubicles and ultra high-end gaming systems.

 

I don't think desktops will die out really. But we will reach a power level such that making it lower power (and work in a laptop configuration) will involve less and less tradeoffs, such that laptops will gain preference (funds willing of course). Meanwhile the power we see in today's laptops will move into cell phones

 

Because I don't have a desktop

 

Desktops as we know them today will probably not die out but will have an extremely small market...just ask yourself...who needs a desktop?
1. Power gamers, who migrate by the thousands to consoles, because most FPS games are released on consoles which cost much less, or they need to be mobile and buy some 17" monster notebook. So only the real PC fanatics of these people will remain loyal to desktops.
2. Office people??? - The trend here is all-in-ones, or notebooks, because current nettops are dirt cheap and more than enough for office work.