I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop, all of which see use for various jobs and uses. My mobile currently only has this app really for anything extra. I use an old phone for all the junk apps I need/want.
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Laptop. I daresay I'm done with desktops...forever? Likely. As technology moves forward a laptop should have plenty of power and storage to do anything. Of course, software companies will write software that chews up resources to convince you you're getting your money's worth.
I can't work on a phone, too small and constricted with inputs. Not even a consideration, now or moving forward. Fine for social media, but bills, games, and art/design? Nah.
So yeah, I'd say laptops forever, but I'm sure the big tech companies won't let me.
they ergonomically have 3 different niches although laptop can also be desktop
- I use my Desktop PC for almost everything when I'm home.
- Laptop for school or on the go productivity.
- Steam deck for playing when travelling, or as a media player when in bed.
- And phone for everything else.
I have a gaming PC I use a lot and I have a Microsoft Surface Pro. I take my Surface everywhere and use it for everything when I am not at home. I also have an office and at the office I use a dock for my Surface. I use my phone when the job is small enough that I expect to be able to do that work in less time that it would take me to get out my Surface.
I take a lot of notes with the surface, even when working at my desk. I can draw a lot of the problems at work better than I can describe them with words and since getting the surface I have hardly touched my waycom. Being able to see my drawings on the surface while I draw is super useful.
All the above. Full gaming desktop for editing video, 3D modeling, and hardcore gaming. Laptop for travel needs, home lab administration, and side business use. Steam deck for portable/casual gaming.
Ever since I settled into the "laptop with mechanical keyboard plugged in, screen turned backwards, directly in front of my unused dual screen computer" configuration my desk has looked like the glasses of a fucking skekse. Why do I do this? Send help.
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Yeah, I take my laptop with me daily for university work. I don't need the huge processing power of my gaming computer. If I need to run some expensive code, then I put it on my 24/7 server, but that is rarely needed. The powerful gaming computer serves, well... gaming purposes.
Desktop for gaming or any intense programs, laptop for studying and other browsing I want to do on the couch, phone I use for most chatting at work and with family and friends and looking things up on the go and doom scrolling. Also, phone has lots of audio books
I was exclusively laptops until 2018, then started preferring custom built desktops. But ever since 2021 I've been very much a traveller so after spending 1500 to build a desktop and then having to get rid of it 3 months later to move, I bought a gaming laptop again and still have it 2 years later. Probably just gonna stick to ultrabooks / gaming laptops forever.
That seems excessive and a waste of resources