<p>Theres tons of "desktop vs laptop" forums everywhere. But what I'm looking for is some real desktop opinions from people who use them at college to try and make my own decision. So what (from experience) are the pros/cons of having a desktop at college? thanks</p>
<p>I built a desktop because I didn't want to have a "performance" laptop for all those high power computing things. This let me use my laptop for things that would be useful to do on the go such as word processing while in group meetings. You can build a desktop that's comparable to a 3k laptop for about 500 dollars. The sum of the money I spent on my laptop and desktop turned out to be less than the money I spent on my first performance laptop, too.</p>
<p>ok but lets say i could only get a desktop not both. is it going to hurt me not being able to take it around campus etc?</p>
<p>Engineering majors might be required to have one, but you haven't indicated your major so I will assume you are not. To answer your question, no, I don't think a laptop is 100% necessary. In fact, outside of my engineering labs I never once brought my laptop out of my dorm.</p>
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I built a desktop because I didn't want to have a "performance" laptop for all those high power computing things. This let me use my laptop for things that would be useful to do on the go such as word processing while in group meetings. You can build a desktop that's comparable to a 3k laptop for about 500 dollars. The sum of the money I spent on my laptop and desktop turned out to be less than the money I spent on my first performance laptop, too.
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<p>Same here, got a cheap, replaceable, laptop, and have a good desktop that I use as a server and store all my data on and back up my laptop to. It's a lot better strategy that keeping all your eggs on that laptop.</p>
<p>I had a desktop all through undergrad and wasn't really inconvenienced. There were times when it would have been helpful, but it's probably not worth getting a laptop if you already have a desktop.</p>