Desktop vs laptop vs ..
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I have asked at Mastodon what device people use as their main computer.
The results (at the moment) are:

* desktop  (10 votes)
* laptop/notebook (10 votes)
* tablet (1 vote)
* something else (0 votes) 

This was of Mastodon where  "normal computer users" are rather uncommon
(I think) but I am surprised anyway. I expected that there will be more
people who use tablets as their main (if not only) computer. And no one
selected the "something else" (I made this item for phone-only users or
for other  people who use game  consoles or something like  it as their
computers). 

I think that  if I will ask on  a street the I will  get much different
answers (probably the tablet  or even the phone will win)  but I can be
mistaken.

Of course there are people who use several devices heavily and they may
not be  able to  define which  use is the  "main" one.  Typically, some
people prefer certain types of tablets for making of music but they are
doing other things on a tablet or on the desktop (or on both).


I  read  on   several  places  that  some  people  use   tablets  as  a
laptop/desktop replacement and they do not  own nor use desktops at all
but  I  cannot  imagine  this.  I  personally  still  require  a  full,
high-quality, real  keyboard and  a big  (17" or  bigger) screen  to be
"normally" productive (oh,  a good table and  a chair and a  cup of tea
also helps a lot). I don't  feel comfortably with any laptop (no matter
which size and  brand it is). Of  course I do have a  mini-laptop (a 7"
GPD  Pocket) for  work when  traveling.  I selected  this small  device
because of it  excellent portability (bot size and  weight) and battery
life. I used bigger devices in the past but on that small one I am able
to do the same  as on these older ones (or "as little  as I was able to
do on them").

So it seems  to me that other  people are better in  utilising of their
laptops.