Robert
Scheier at Computerworld writes that while worldwide PC shipments are
expected to grow 12.2% this year, portable PC volumes are expected to grow 28%
and will make up more than half of all PC shipments in the U.S. this quarter.
Notebooks will dominate the worldwide PC marketplace by 2010. One researcher
predicts it will be five to seven years before only the "die-hard" desktop users
are left.
Yeah, these same "researchers" predicted that computers would make paper
disappear from the office. Today offices deal with more paper than ever because
electronic documents just don't do the job :-) Oh well. Obviously desktops have
advantages and laptops have advantages. You dont want to lug around a 22 inch
screen on your laptop but for your desktop, you want that. You're not going to
get the latest and greatest hardware on a laptop, but you can on a desktop.
Laptops are portable and good enough for most people, but a bit pricier than
desktops...What's your opinion?