It's 2020, do you still own a desktop PC?

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Am I the only Mac user here? lol
To be honest, I use several large design programs that aren't just available on mobile devices; Adobe Creative Suite, Apple Logic Pro X, Fusion 360, etc.
Your question is an interesting one because I think you're right, the vast majority of people could probably get by with simply using some sort of mobile device or tablet. Regardless of where computing technology goes, I believe there will always be some need for larger more capable devices. To be honest, I probably need something more robust than what I have for some of the video editing and design rendering I do. But I'm also on the move regularly so that's why I use a laptop.
Another issue with purely using mobile devices and tablets, and to Lakeside's point, sometimes it's nice to just have a full size keyboard (and I would add screen.) But that's just me :)
This is my actually my setup right now. So it is definitely possible to just plug in peripherals and operate off of something smaller.
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I always build my own, last time it was about 5 years ago, pcpartpicker is my friend, I can edit with specs, but, I haven't upgraded anything other than the os and storage in those 5 years....SSD drives, Nvidia 700 series gpu, 8 GB memory, CPU I don't recall
 
I'm on a laptop from about 2015 (I think) running some 4 core AMD with 4 gigs of RAM and a 1 TB HDD.
It's a multi-boot setup running several Linux distros and for some reason I decided to keep the Windows 10-something that was on it but I never use that.
The laptop keyboard needs re[lacing but I haven't gotten around to it although they're about 5 bucks last time I looked. I use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it, which I would anyway.
I fat-finger the keys bad enough as it is so I'd rather stick with a full sized keyboard.

I've got several desktops that have dual core processors running anywhere from 2 gigs up to 8 gigs of RAM and a stack of HDDs that'll reach the moon and back. With the OS on SSD and using the HDDS for storage they're pretty fast although they about as old as the laptop.

I don't see phones replacing a desktop anytime soon although possibly with a dock using a big display and full-sized keyboard they could conceivably do that.
Three major obstacles are the bloatware and lack of storage options on locked phones, lack of certain programs written for phone platforms. Really all that an be addressed now except comparable applications to those on a PC.
Any mobile device is going to have more exposure to security concerns than a desktop if for no other reason the temptation to use wireless anything is greater (often necessary) and WIFI and Bluetooth are wide open, so there's that.
 
I still run my desktop I built back in 2013:

Intel i5 3470
8 GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Nvidia GTX 660
256GB SATA SSD

Its done me proud until now, defo gonna upgrade soon though. My CPU and GPU are starting to show their age within newer games but for general usage its still pretty nippy to be fair. I also use a Laptop when on the go, nothing special, also like 8 years old. Streaming has become really good lately so I can be on my Laptop chilling in bed playing games by streaming them directly from my PC over my network. So I don't think I need to upgrade my Laptop anytime soon. Maybe one with a better battery life I guess down the line.

The newest Raspberry Pi's is actually a pretty decent tiny single board computer that starts off from like 45 Euros, I could see something like that becoming the norm instead of having a full-on PC case etc within like the next 5-10 years. Good times :)
 
Work owns a desktop pc, couldn't work out the settings to restart it yesterday so just did the button lol
 
I have a shitty laptop whose screen is broken and the keyboard is quite busted so I use a monitor, keyboard and mouse, it's basically like a desktop PC
The specs aren't great (especially for video games) but for what I use it for, it's good enough. I use my PC a lot more than my phone to be honest because I prefer the bigger screen (miles better at multi-tasking than my phone) and keyboard + mouse means I can do things quicker and more efficiently.
Phones are great for when I'm out or I'm too lazy to get out of bed. If I want to do more serious things, then PC is way to go for me!
 
I use both. Macbook & custom built desktop that I use for everything. Runs all my games at max settings and renders videos fairly fast.
 
Well, 2 years down the track since this thread went public and I'm still using the same old PC (see previous page for specs)

It still does all I need.

Ls x
 
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