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Not mine, but you get the idea.



My first PC was a Gateway 2000 Holiday XL that came with a huge tower. It had 8 MB of RAM and a 1 GB hard disk drive. It was sporting a brand new Windows 95 and I was in love with the thing. Eventually I got into building my computer and for years saved up money for parts and it became one upgrade game after another.



As I got older my preferences and tastes changed. Technology got exponentially better and computers became more about work than games and I started using laptops once they got to a decent size and not the cinder blocks they used to be. This is also how I discovered Razer. They were making good looking laptops while other companies were producing textbook sized calculators and Apple was kicking everyone's asses.



Fast forward to the present. We're in the middle of a pandemic, hunkering down at home and I find myself spending a LOT more time in front of the computer and playing a lot more games and I start to entertain the idea of going back to a custom made tower. I'll always have a Blade on me, but having something a bit more powerful, robust and work-stationary sounds appealing. But if I had to choose, which would I choose?



Which would you choose? For this week's Thread of the Week, you can only have one. A laptop or a tower. Which is it and why? Like and comment for a chance at the weekly reward. Additionally, two good comments will receive a smaller reward as well.



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A tower. That feeling of adult lego building your first rig is one of the nicest feelings you can have. It's easier to upgrade and more cost-efficient. Only thing it lacks is mobility, but unless you're always on the move I would go for a tower anytime.
I had one laptop - a mid-2012 Macbook Pro which I needed for school at the time. Soon after, we moved onto iPads when they were required. I sold my laptop 2 or 3 years ago. I then started university but still didn't require a laptop, as the campus had enough desktops available - all new and with i5 or i7. A few times I did use my phone where a laptop would've been much more productive though. I never used it at home as I've got a tower, which I've changed several parts on.

I don't like the idea of buying a laptop which doesn't have interchangeable parts - is there even such thing anymore? (apart from RAM & storage) - but sometimes it is necessary for portability.
Tower always, for best performance and air cooling.
Laptop for me definitely. Despite laptop being more expensive for same performance, this is less of a deal for me than being able to take my gaming computer with me when I travel.



This is the same reason why the only console that I have is the Switch. 🙂
I've own a few laptops over time but I am and always be a Tower boy.

The possibilities are endless, it's cheaper, more durable, much more simple to maintain and quite easy to upgrade (with some limitations as time goes by).

I'm saving for my next rig and I love how I can spend ( my wife would say waste :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye_:) so much time on planing what I could put in it and how much it will cost from 450 to 1200€ and never be bored.

No laptop even customizable can make me feel like this.
JulianKapa
However, it has a battery, which of course not only requires more resources to manufacture, but degrades over time. In addition, you can't swap components like you can with a PC. An old laptop could be in good condition, have a perfectly working keyboard, screen and whatnot, but you'd probably need to replace the whole thing because of one or more parts no longer meeting performance requirements, for example.




Truth hurts. Sadly I'm in need of a new laptop due to old un-swapable parts so I feel ya.
evilchargerfan
@Dekades



you should give yourself like 1000 zsilver for using that CompUSA image =)


Agreed, as a fellow-former CompUSA shopper...
Also used to have a Gateway 2000 and Sidewinder. I miss that joystick, don't know if anything more useful has been made since .
Tower build. better performance
PC or Laptop is a little Battle as PS4 or XBox 🙂
The portability that a laptop offers is what you are missing from a desktop. I used to have a laptop for gaming and i really liked it when i went to my friends house and we were playing all together.
Both answers



Tower for Gaming Build or Server Build at home



Laptop to bring everywhere outside



if you are smart use your tower outside (Just kidding Don't)
Tower anytime any day
I was sceptical about laptops couple years ago, until I got one, no more desktops for me for sure