On Sunday, 24 February 2019 03:44:51 UTC+11, 799 wrote: > <[email protected]> schrieb am Sa., 23. Feb. 2019, 14:35: > > > Not quite sure why people try use Qubes with laptops. I found far better > performance on desktops. Laptops are the opposite of flexible. PC's you can > upgrade to your hearts content. > > > > Maybe because for 90% a laptop offers enough performance, has much lower > space & power requirement and can be used flexible? > And because maybe more people "have to use" computers than they "like to > build" them thereselves. > Just a guess ;-) > > > I was asking the other question: > Who is buying those desktop PCs today? > > > - O
Who are buying desktops? Anyone who is serious about computing. Developers, gamers, businesses, those interested in VR, those interested in security, those interested in a build that can be upgraded to their hearts content. Laptops have their purpose. They can provide a mobile computing experience. I use one for work purposes. But, lets be real. That is the only advantage over a desktop (even power usage can be just as low on a desktop if you want it to be). You don't even have to build one yourself for Qubes. You can easily buy a SSF Dell Optiplex off ebay for $200 with a Intel 4770/4790 and 16/32gb of ram. I have an i7 laptop from 2011 that can't even run Qubes 4.0 because laptop cpus get shafted in the specs (thankfully they at least get vt'd these days). I have others that have heating problems because there is only so much cooling you can give a laptop, while some of my desktops have 5 14cm fans keeping them cool at 5ghz overclocks. You say laptops are flexible? But are they? you can't just rip out parts (apart from ram/hdd) like a desktop. And their actual upgrade paths are limited. With my desktop I have parts from multiple build/years. It is just that flexible. Also, space requirements? you living in a tent? I speak out about this.. because I have 5 laptops sitting around collecting dust. They have limited use because they are laptops. Desktops can always be adapted to another use. One of my older builds became a pfsense router, for example. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b15e02ee-b2aa-48ed-852c-8386a09a0dea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
