# Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822 "2012-10-25T14:38:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822/41 "2012-10-29T19:35:37Z")

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Laptop @ work - 8 hrs or so weekdays  
Tablet - 3 or 4 hours weekdays, more on weekends.  
Home Laptop - I back everything up with it, & do certain tasks that are not doable on the tablet such as organize my music library. Maybe 2-4 hrs a week?  
Phone - don’t have a smartphone. Dumb phone in my purse that I use about once a month.  
MP3 players - on plane trips.  
No desktop system.  
E-reader, every evening before bedtime, a couple hours a day maybe.

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822/42 "2012-10-29T19:41:06Z")

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1. Desktop - PC gaming is a big part of my life and I’ve got a couple nice gaming computers.
2. Laptop - I work offshore, and having a laptop is nice while I’m on a boat for a month at a time.
3. Smartphone - Honestly, I could live without it. I have it mostly because people these days expect you to have one
4. Tablet - I used it a lot when I first got my Nook Color, but haven’t been using it much lately.

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**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822/43 "2012-10-30T12:31:32Z")

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No one else relies on an HTPC for video/audio media?

1. Smartphone (3 hours)
2. Notebook (0-7 hours)
3. HTPC (1-2 hours)

I spent more time on my notebook some days, but the smartphone is still indispensible. When I need data over mobile I _need_ that data.

edit: I don’t need or want a desktop or tablet. Especially not a tablet. What a silly idea.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-laptop-tablet-smartphone/638822/44 "2012-10-30T12:45:41Z")

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I have a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is mostly unused.

I think I’d like a tablet for reading, but I don’t think much of the material I’d want to read is available in electronic form.

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