Laptop or Desktop?

Laptops are becoming a norm these days and are no longer reserved for executives or higher people in the organization. What would become of desktops? The working guy over at Yahoo has an article about Laptop vs. Desktop.

In an excerpt of the article:

Mobility - Well, sure, it's the big one. If you need to work remotely, a laptop is the way to go. Remember that a 3G card from your cell phone provider can give you high-speed internet access in most urban areas.

Storage - One of the major places where laptops and desktops differ is in how much hard drive space they offer. Laptops use physically smaller drives, which can only offer so much storage space. Though larger drives are available, 100GB is still common on a laptop, while 500GB desktop drives are seen all the time (again, bigger drives can be had). This is a huge difference and it seems to be expanding, not contracting. If you have very large storage needs, desktop is your best bet.

I love my laptop, but I am looking forward to buying a new desktop powerful enough to run the upcoming Starcraft 2.

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