Ever since I settled into the "laptop with mechanical keyboard plugged in, screen turned backwards, directly in front of my unused dual screen computer" configuration my desk has looked like the glasses of a fucking skekse. Why do I do this? Send help.

desktop for home, laptop for not home, as it was intended.

Yeah, I take my laptop with me daily for university work. I don't need the huge processing power of my gaming computer. If I need to run some expensive code, then I put it on my 24/7 server, but that is rarely needed. The powerful gaming computer serves, well... gaming purposes.

they ergonomically have 3 different niches although laptop can also be desktop

I have never owned a laptop. I was given an old Chromebook to tinker with, but it's so old and incredibly slow that it's just not easy to deal with.

I was handed a laptop that has some issues including a "sometimes works, sometimes doesn't"keyboard and mostly fried GPU to the point where there are tons of tiny pink artifacts all over the screen. It technically still works, but hurts to look at. I was told it was mine, but other than some prodding to see what the issue was, (pretty sure there's a bunch of dust caked in the GPU fan) I haven't used it. So I guess I do actually own one, but I've only touched one a very few times ever.

I finished high school before dial up was completely out of style, and have only been exposed to "broadband" since college. (All 768Kbit of it)

I went to an in town college and mostly did my work on the gaming rig I built as my first computer, using their lab to print papers.

Laptops were sort of common, but still somewhat luxury at the time. Kinda like iPhones were at first. Lots of people already had a phone, but the "fancy" one was the status symbol even more than it is now.

Since then I've been rebuilding desktops ever since. I've had I think about 4 different cases now, each being upgraded with different parts a few times before moving on to the next as it fell apart. Some of my old machine parts are still in my parents' computer now. At least I think it is. That machine has changed a few times too and I haven't kept track because who cares.

So I'm right in the sweet spot of when phones became capable of laptop-like stuff, just as always having a computer available became more and more necessary. So since most people do most of their laptop stuff during school, and I never had a job that handed out company computers, I've just never really needed one.

I kinda wanna get one at some point, if for no other reason than to see the day to day of owning one and taking it places. But it's just a curiosity at the moment.

I'm totally anti Windows now (recently as of building my most recent rig a few months ago), so I would have to pay attention to which one I get because I know there can be compatibility issues with them. I know there's stuff like the Tuxedo brand which are all Linux all the time machines, but I don't want to limit my choices, so research would be necessary for all that.

I just moved my parents off Windows (their machine was really struggling as it was assembled when Win was new) because I knew they wouldn't be paying for extended security patches.

I type too much and I'm already past answering this lmao

All the above. Full gaming desktop for editing video, 3D modeling, and hardcore gaming. Laptop for travel needs, home lab administration, and side business use. Steam deck for portable/casual gaming.

I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop, all of which see use for various jobs and uses. My mobile currently only has this app really for anything extra. I use an old phone for all the junk apps I need/want.

I was exclusively laptops until 2018, then started preferring custom built desktops. But ever since 2021 I've been very much a traveller so after spending 1500 to build a desktop and then having to get rid of it 3 months later to move, I bought a gaming laptop again and still have it 2 years later. Probably just gonna stick to ultrabooks / gaming laptops forever.

I have a gaming PC I use a lot and I have a Microsoft Surface Pro. I take my Surface everywhere and use it for everything when I am not at home. I also have an office and at the office I use a dock for my Surface. I use my phone when the job is small enough that I expect to be able to do that work in less time that it would take me to get out my Surface.

I take a lot of notes with the surface, even when working at my desk. I can draw a lot of the problems at work better than I can describe them with words and since getting the surface I have hardly touched my waycom. Being able to see my drawings on the surface while I draw is super useful.

Laptop. I daresay I'm done with desktops...forever? Likely. As technology moves forward a laptop should have plenty of power and storage to do anything. Of course, software companies will write software that chews up resources to convince you you're getting your money's worth.

I can't work on a phone, too small and constricted with inputs. Not even a consideration, now or moving forward. Fine for social media, but bills, games, and art/design? Nah.

So yeah, I'd say laptops forever, but I'm sure the big tech companies won't let me.

That seems excessive and a waste of resources