[quote=patientlywaiting]Why build your own PC when you can buy a Notebook for next to nothing?

I just buy the cheap Notebook when they have a sale, then I buy another one 1 or 2 years hence. Granted, I only do MS Office stuff and surf the Net.

I predict that Dell will have to shutter their build-to-order operations in USA. Their business model is outdated as customers don’t build to order anymore.

Just buy online and get the DHL shipment directly from China.
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Desktops are great if you need to hookup lots of av devices, media servers, and need expandability. It’s a declining markets. But some non-significant number of people still use desktops. I don’t like the laptops used as a desktop, due to lack of expandibility.

I personally use

1) two desktops actively on the network

2) 1 desktop never connected to the network (stores financial data/personal data etc)

3) two laptops: websurfing while in bed or in sitting on the throne…

4) 1 palmtop computer that is 7″x5″x0.5″ made by Asus that I take on trips and use as a backup to pictures I take.