Do you still use a desktop PC?

[ThatoT]

Yes, mainly for music production, My laptop is too small for that. It get uncomfortable after a while

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Only to play Guild Wars 2 - everything else is on a Rasberry Pi or tablet or cellphone.

 

[supersunbird]

I wonder why the question is asked? Can we expect an article soon? Something along the lines of "Majority of South African IT professionals prefer desktop pc's at home"

"11 things you didn't know about South African IT professionals, Nr 9 is a shocker"

 

[bwana]

Nope, don't even own a desk.

 

[saturnz]

* Primary desktop for trolling, gaming, streaming media etc
* Second desktop used for streaming Bloomberg, whatsapp and trading markets
* Third desktop used for Traktor Scratch Pro software connected to my turntables

 

[AstroTurf]

At work:
My work pc.


At home:
My work and game pc.
My Entertainment pc (plugged into tv).

 

[Solitude]

Desktop at home. Gaming, working, whatever.
Laptop for work.

 

[UserZ]

Yes, both work and home (windows and linux respectively). Home PC - planned on using it for development purposes; but currently just for entertainment.

 

[Billy]

Desktop at home. Accounts, news, Communication.

Two Monitors, soon to be three. One screen is too non-productive.

I use a Netbook if I am travelling.

 

[MickeyD]

Didn't you win a tablet recently...

Desktop(s) and laptop(s) at home, depending on whats quickest to get to. Laptop at uni. Prefer desktops.

You want the full list?

Desktop - 3 screen setup for webz and sport (via Extraview to TV card).
Desktop - media centre and for the wife to browse the web, play her small games, etc.
iPad - for when out and about.
iPad - for the wife to use with Chromecast (she hardly watches DSTV anymore)
Nexus7 - for e-books and casting Supersport or DSTV Now or any other stream (eg. CPL T20 on Youtube) to any TV in the house
Huawei MediaPad - for music n the braai area (bluetooth speakers)
Brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab E - still in box, need to get a duplicate SIM card and complete the setup.

 

[Geoff.D]

Yes use a desktop at home, had a laptop and a docking station at work, and have a laptop for travelling.

use the desktop for everything .

 

[jax_maxit]

Yep! Bigger, sharper screen than my laptop (also the extra real estate makes it great at software dev work - if not for Eskom/loadshedding, I'd do more work on my desktop). More powerful GPU. And it can play the latest games.

 

[eviljim]

I use a desktop at work and home. Work one for work, home one for gaming and other stuff. I also have a cheap laptop at home as a media centre.

 

[Thor]

Yes.

Desktop is my powerhouse Tripple display.

Notebook is my mobile powerhouse single display

 

[UserZ]

For all those who have 3 displays - how big are your monitors? I have 2; but it already spans the length of my desk.

 

[MickeyD]

For all those who have 3 displays - how big are your monitors? I have 2; but it already spans the length of my desk.

2x23"
1x32"

 

[rainero84]

Desktop at work for Software Development
Desktop at home for web development, surfing, and managing my raspberry pi's.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Desktop at home for gaming, laptops at home and office for work (and some gaming). Different laptops for different types of work - MSI GS70 for day-to-day dev (mostly Visual Studio, Android Studio and Netbeans) and 13" Macbook Pro for meetings, word processing (proposals and tech documents) and a bit of dev (Xcode, Visual Studio Code). Both fit nicely in the backpack I got with the MSI.

 

[SlowInternet]

No only laptop.

 

[rpedrica]

Laptop for the road and desktop for home/office. Desktop does web ( 2 browsers ), email, remote access, backup, conferencing, graphics and other. A similar-specced laptop ( 6core Athlon, 16GB memory, WD Black, Nvidia GPU and SanDisk SSD ) would probably cost about 3x as much.