More reasons to get a desktop?

[Mao_Zedong]

I want to build a desktop, but my dad doesn't think its worth it. I have some reasons, but I want more so I can make a better argument. He is a techie as well, so keep that in mind. He really cares about school and my programming ability/computer knowledge, so anything related to those would be nice.

Isn't fast enough for games or anime
Could give more space for programs, or other OSs
would give reason to sit at desk
something interesting to do for a day
educational value- installing os, setting up bios, overclocking, ect.

NOTE: This is my money that I want to spend, I'm not being ridiculous. Also stop focusing on the anime part so much, that was only a small part and would be a sidenote. I also already have a laptop, but it is a decently slow lenovo yoga 11s.

[C0LL0SS0S]

you forgot that its cheaper, like way cheaper

[Kyuubixchidori]

your lenovo cant handle anime?

 

all your reasons kind of suck tbh. all of those you can do on a laptop really. good luck though

[Syntaxvgm]

the reasons are for upgrading your desktop or not getting a laptop?

[Decon]

Isn't fast enough for anime?  Wot

 

Wait ninja'd

your lenovo cant handle anime?

 

all your reasons kind of suck tbh. all of those you can do on a laptop really. good luck though

this

 

Also how is installing an OS, setting up BIOS, OCing... "educational"

[Mao_Zedong]

you forgot that its cheaper, like way cheaper

I already have a laptop, so this doesn't really apply.

 

your lenovo cant handle anime?

 

all your reasons kind of suck tbh. all of those you can do on a laptop really. good luck though

Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management.

 

the reasons are for upgrading your desktop or not getting a laptop?

My desktop died and my laptop isn't very fast.

 

Isn't fast enough for anime?  Wot

 

Wait ninja'd

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Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management. It is amazing besides that and has HD dubs, but its pretty slow and even has quite a few memory leaks.

[Kyuubixchidori]

Isn't fast enough for anime?  Wot

 

Wait ninja'd

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Also how is installing an OS, setting up BIOS, OCing... "educational"

exactly. the only real reason for a desktop over a laptop is cost, and thats literally it nowadays. mate if your parents already got you a new laptop, theres no reason for them to buy you a new desktop also.

 

now, if you have your own money, and they are telling you cant, thats another story. 

[Decon]

I already have a laptop, so this doesn't really apply.

 

Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management.

 

My desktop died and my laptop isn't very fast.

 

Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management. It is amazing besides that and has HD dubs, but its pretty slow and even has quite a few memory leaks.

go buy your anime instead or pirating it or whatever on some sketchy website >.>

[ZetZet]

Performance, comfort, productivity.

[Syntaxvgm]

On a desktop, storage is much cheaper. You could make a disk array to ensure you won't loose your important projects.

 

Much cheaper to upgrade- if you make a good base, like an i5 or i7, all you'll need to upgrade is your GPU if you are feeling the squeeze for better gaming. 100$ or whatever you want to spend to have a good gaming PC again. I'm on a sandy i7 myself, yet I have a 970. Works just fine since I'm waiting a bit to upgrade my platform

 

If your laptop isn't SSD based, 1 drop and you could loose everything if you don't make backups. 

 

Desktop or not, there's a great case to be made to get a couple of good mounted screens and a good keyboard and mouse. Take it from me, I used to workj on laptops daily. The only reason I don't now is because my desktop is portable and my work laptop was killed, haven't bought a new one yet. Anyway typing on a laptop all day is a quick way to get neck and wrist problems. I always make a little docking station at home for my laptops for this reason. 

 

I don't get how you can't watch anime on that laptop, and I wouldn't make that argument. But here's a consideration- if you made a good storage solution a priority, you could get confortable and watch anime on that laptop, but do it over your network, storing it all on your desktop. 

 

Show him star citizen 

[Mao_Zedong]

exactly. the only real reason for a desktop over a laptop is cost, and thats literally it nowadays. mate if your parents already got you a new laptop, theres no reason for them to buy you a new desktop also.

 

now, if you have your own money, and they are telling you cant, thats another story. 

Well it would be with my own money. I just need to give them reasons that I need it, as they don't want me wasting my money.

 

go buy your anime instead or pirating it or whatever on some sketchy website >.>

TBH there's no way in hell they would let me do that.

[Kyuubixchidori]

Well it would be with my own money. I just need to give them reasons that I need it, as they don't want me wasting my money.

 

TBH there's no way in hell they would let me do that.

well. "because my laptop cant handle anime" isnt a very good reason mate. a much cheaper solution would be to watch anime somewhere else.

[Syntaxvgm]

I already have a laptop, so this doesn't really apply.

 

Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management.

 

My desktop died and my laptop isn't very fast.

 

Its because I like kissanime.com, which is really bad with resource management. It is amazing besides that and has HD dubs, but its pretty slow and even has quite a few memory leaks.

I would suggest making a kissanime account, and setting html5 to be default. You can copy the video url of the video and paste it to watch it directly. I don't have a problem at all with an old dual core laptop I have with a nvs 160m, even without viewing it directly. 

I'd suggest doing directly if you don't have adblock for it, those ads can be rough. If you want to block those ads, there's a tamermonkey/greasemonkey extension that works for kissanime's anti-ad block solution

https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer

[Decon]

Well it would be with my own money. I just need to give them reasons that I need it, as they don't want me wasting my money.

 

TBH there's no way in hell they would let me do that.

Buy your own anime? Why?

[Syntaxvgm]

Buy your own anime? Why?

Money permitting, I'm considering starting a collection. But if you are too young to be working, I'd consider it a waste of money since it's not cheap in any way 

[Decon]

Money permitting, I'm considering starting a collection. But if you are too young to be working, I'd consider it a waste of money since it's not cheap in any way 

Not too bad, I started buying seasons when I was 14 lol

[ReadyToGame]

If you really want to have a desktop you could argue that it is more worth it in the long run. It would be a lot more worth it for you, as you are able to play more games, with laptops you will be more restricted in your ability to upgrade the machine, with a desktop it would be easier and faster when you need to make an upgrade, and would probably be cheaper. 

 

If your desktop broke then it would be cheaper to find and fix, and it would be easier to troubleshoot issues yourself, rather than having to take it to a tech shop and paying stupid amounts of money to have the laptop fixed. If you are both techies, then you would be able to work together and figure out what's wrong with the computer, and you are literate enough to figure out what is wrong, or what needs to be replaced. 

 

It will be a better investment than a laptop, because the computer would last longer than the laptop would, and wouldn't  take as much abuse as a laptop would, being moved around etc.

 

The desktop is way better for you to invest the money, or your money in a desktop, and not a laptop. You would be able to get a decent laptop for a decent price, but you probably would not be able to play any real intensive games on the laptop if it was just one for browsing that you buy for $600-1000.

 

What would be your budget if you were to get a desktop?

[Bsmith]

Isn't fast enough for games or anime

Could give more space for programs, or other OSs

would give reason to sit at desk

something interesting to do for a day

educational value- installing os, setting up bios, overclocking, ect.

 

speed:

there are plenty of laptops that are very fast, like the razerblade, msi thingy and apple MBP

 

space:

you also have 1tb drives in laptop  format, space enough most of the time.

 

sitting:

crap reason, since most laptops got bottom vents forcing a desk upon you.

 

something to do:

tried setting up a laptop once perfectly?(light, scaling, programs, bloatware etc)

 

"educational value":

OCing isnt a must, laptops also have a BIOS and with multi OS a laptop can be a bit more of a challenge then a desktop.

[d3sl91]

yeah, unfortunately your reasons probably are not good enough, especially if it's their money (is it?).

 

 

The reasons to get a desktop INSTEAD of a laptop.

 

1. More power for less money. 

2. Easier to upgrade/will be able to last longer from a performance standard. 

3. Will last longer due to a construction standard (it is stationary/never moves, so it will not "break" as easily as a laptop). 

4. Easier/cheaper to fix

 

However, if you already have a laptop, these do not all apply. Instead you have:

 

1. Easier to upgrade/will be able to last longer from a performance standard.

2. Is more powerful for gaming.

4. Easier/cheaper to fix 

 

 

Unless you have a specific requirement (rendering 3d modeling etc) a laptop is going to be just fine - and any tyech-saavy parent will know that - and will know you just want something that is more powerful for "fun" stuff you want to do. 

[TheCaptain53]

Being able to playback anime is not a good reason to get a desktop.
If you were into things like heavy gaming, editing, streaming, content creation, that's where a desktop makes sense. Especially for gaming.
In terms of price to performance, laptops aren't really a viable option yet. A desktop with similar specs to a laptop will be much cheaper, use higher quality components (e.g. the power supply), and run cooler.
I'll be honest, unless you were taking your laptop to school, I don't really see the benefit of a laptop over a desktop anyway. If anything breaks on the laptop, like the display, you have to purchase a whole new laptop.
Of course, desktops do tend to be more expensive than low end laptops if you build it yourself. Anything less than £400/$600, and you're kind of wasting your money as you'll want/need to upgrade.

[Vek1313]

I want to build a desktop, but my dad doesn't think its worth it. I have some reasons, but I want more so I can make a better argument. He is a techie as well, so keep that in mind. He really cares about school and my programming ability/computer knowledge, so anything related to those would be nice.

Isn't fast enough for games or anime

Could give more space for programs, or other OSs

would give reason to sit at desk

something interesting to do for a day

educational value- installing os, setting up bios, overclocking, ect.

It is more powerful and with that your programming and school work theoretically finish faster.

[Mao_Zedong]

well. "because my laptop cant handle anime" isnt a very good reason mate. a much cheaper solution would be to watch anime somewhere else.

It would just be like a side point, not a main argument. If I knew anywhere else with the same quality, then I would go there, but I don't know anywhere else good.

 

I would suggest making a kissanime account, and setting html5 to be default. You can copy the video url of the video and paste it to watch it directly. I don't have a problem at all with an old dual core laptop I have with a nvs 160m, even without viewing it directly. 

I'd suggest doing directly if you don't have adblock for it, those ads can be rough. If you want to block those ads, there's a tamermonkey/greasemonkey extension that works for kissanime's anti-ad block solution

https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer

Thanks! That fixes one of my main problems! I knew a way to do this before, but it was indirect and was annoying to do every time.

 

If you really want to have a desktop you could argue that it is more worth it in the long run. It would be a lot more worth it for you, as you are able to play more games, with laptops you will be more restricted in your ability to upgrade the machine, with a desktop it would be easier and faster when you need to make an upgrade, and would probably be cheaper. 

 

If your desktop broke then it would be cheaper to find and fix, and it would be easier to troubleshoot issues yourself, rather than having to take it to a tech shop and paying stupid amounts of money to have the laptop fixed. If you are both techies, then you would be able to work together and figure out what's wrong with the computer, and you are literate enough to figure out what is wrong, or what needs to be replaced. 

 

It will be a better investment than a laptop, because the computer would last longer than the laptop would, and wouldn't  take as much abuse as a laptop would, being moved around etc.

 

The desktop is way better for you to invest the money, or your money in a desktop, and not a laptop. You would be able to get a decent laptop for a decent price, but you probably would not be able to play any real intensive games on the laptop if it was just one for browsing that you buy for $600-1000.

 

What would be your budget if you were to get a desktop?

Well I already have a build plan, which would be quite a bit faster than my laptop. 4gb of ram is one of my bigger problems, as I like to use lots of chrome tabs.

 

speed:

there are plenty of laptops that are very fast, like the razerblade, msi thingy and apple MBP

 

space:

you also have 1tb drives in laptop  format, space enough most of the time.

 

sitting:

crap reason, since most laptops got bottom vents forcing a desk upon you.

 

something to do:

tried setting up a laptop once perfectly?(light, scaling, programs, bloatware etc)

 

"educational value":

OCing isnt a must, laptops also have a BIOS and with multi OS a laptop can be a bit more of a challenge then a desktop.

I was comparing to my laptop, not laptops in general.

[Syntaxvgm]

It would just be like a side point, not a main argument. If I knew anywhere else with the same quality, then I would go there, but I don't know anywhere else good.

 

Thanks! That fixes one of my main problems! I knew a way to do this before, but it was indirect and was annoying to do every time.

 

Well I already have a build plan, which would be quite a bit faster than my laptop. 4gb of ram is one of my bigger problems, as I like to use lots of chrome tabs.

 

I was comparing to my laptop, not laptops in general.

A long time ago I used to have a desktop years ago that I named "Bulletproof". It had a 9 drive array of cheaper 80GB drives. It was striped across three drives then mirrored 3 times. Only 240GB of space, but it was enough for my projects. Thing was, the way the drives were positioned, not only could it sustain the failure of any 2 drives in worst case scenario (more if the drives were not on the same stripe), but I figured that no single bullet from any direction could make me loose all of my data. Hence the name. 

I backed up on an external drive that I kept somewhere else, of course. 

THAT is a great reason to join the wonderful world of desktops.