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[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they are. (unless we're talking about Mac only, which are not as repairable or upgradable)

desktop allow for a far better modularity, and reparability, far more ports, PCIe expansions like sound cards, etc.

If my screen breaks or I'd rather use a bigger one, I just buy a monitor and plug it in. If my CPU dies or is no more enough for my use case, I'll just buy a better one while still using every other component. If I need more hard drives, I'll just buy more SATA cables. If I need better sound, I'll buy a sound card.

those features are dealbreakers. laptops will never be able to compete with a real desktop.

[-] dreugeworst@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Desktops are superior even if only for the better cooling options, allowing your chips to sustain higher clockspeeds for longer without the machine sounding like a jet taking off

[-] alienangel@sffa.community 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aside from all of that, desktops are also far less constrained. If you have a CPU whose performance scales well with power (ie not an M2 but maybe an M3) you can slap it in a desktop and be able to give it 500 watts of power and a giant ass cooling setup to enable that performance. You can't do this with the physical constraints required of a laptop.

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