My laptop is my only normal working computer. I have a desktop that is hooked up to the TV for watching movies and playing some games. But I’m likely to be on the couch with my laptop even when that one’s going.
I run a headless box on my network - acting as a media server (1.5TB of storage)/DVD burner/print machine and downloader - accessed via VNC on my laptop.
There was another headless box on the network as well - acting as a music server/jukebox and hooked up to the stereo. That was also accessed via VNC, as well as via my PDA and mobile 'phone. That was handy, cos I could get off the bus at the bottom of my street, push a couple of buttons on my 'phone as I walked up to the house and have music already playing for me as I walked through the door. This box was retired recently though and replaced with an EVA8000 network media player, but might get put back in use at a later date. The EVA8000 has a web interface, so I can still use the laptop to play music when I’m not in the living room and/or can’t be arsed to put the telly on.
If I fancy watching videos on the telly upstairs, I hook the laptop up via S-Video and I’ll watch stuff either with MPC or XBMC if I fancy a cool interface.
On the very rare occasions I have to use a desktop (and if I have the lappy put away while using XBMC), I use a wireless keyboard with built in touchpad. Hate mice, the RSI/tennis elbow aggravating things, and dislike having to wear a wrist splint and tennis elbow spint when using the buggers.
I have/had a desktop, but it is now more or less a permanent fixture in the guest room in my parents’ house. My mom, brothers, and I use it as a cheap-and-dirty file server mostly. Most of my really important documents I will SCP over there. At my apartment I use a laptop exclusively. I don’t game as much as I used to, and the games I do play are all older and not terribly resource hungry, except for maybe AOE3, but it squeaks by passably well.
Here in Japan, desktops are not terribly popular. The ones that are the super-compact, iMacesque all-in-ones. The ones that look more like a monitor with an optical drive and some ports on the side. Most everyone uses a laptop at home and, in fact, few people take their laptop out of their home. The appeal of laptops here is not the portability, but the compact size and storability. I only have room for one desk in my apartment, so it is nice to be able to stuff my laptop into a drawer when I need a writing surface/workspace.
My only computer is a laptop. I don’t do any work on it - work stays at work, thankfully, on my desktop (or Linux cluster) there.
The laptop keyboard does not bother me in the least. The small monitor sometimes does, but it’s all I’ve got so I live with it. I’ve got a USB mouse when I’m actually at a table, but most of the time I just use the touchpad.
I’ve been thinking about getting a desktop, but I doubt it would become my primary machine. I’d much rather do what needs doing out in the living room, and there’s little chance the desktop would reside there. It would be more of a backup device in case the laptop went down.
The only computer I ever actually use at home is my laptop. The touchpad would drive me crazy if I relied on it, but it’s a simple enough matter to just plug in a cheap USB mouse. And the screen is a bit on the small side, but not enough so (in my opinion) to justify the expense of an external monitor. If I could get my old ergonomic keyboard working with it, I would, but again, it’s not worth it to me to get a new one.
In fact, it functions almost like a desktop for me: The only times I ever move it around are when I’m travelling or giving a presentation.
I mostly use my PowerBook. But I have an old (2001) iMac G3 that I use for work.
I often use both at the same time. My laptop has a bit more horsepower so it’s my main gaming system. So I’ll be doing a PvP scenario in Warhammer on it and surfing the dope on my desktop.
At home, I tend to use my desktop PC; a home-built Windows XP-based box.
I have an aging iBook G4 laptop that I occasionally use when sitting at the kitchen table, on the balcony, or plopped on the couch while watching TV. Because it’s somewhat old, I consider it my “beater PC”; it gets a lot of use outside of the house.
My new employer gave me a massive 17" MacBook Pro; more unusual considering it’s a local government agency. I love my new employer. 
I feel guilty using that laptop for personal purposes, so I usually keep it in its bag at home, bringing it out for work-related email.
I use my laptop almost exclusively. I have a desktop in my bedroom that I’ll use in the morning to quickly check emails, but other than that I use my laptop. My laptop is a really good one though, better than most desktop systems, so I can do pretty much everything on it. I rarely use the downstairs desktop at all. It’s mainly for the kids to use.
My husband also uses his laptop almost exclusively. His is a monster machine though.
I have two laptops. The one I use the most gets plugged into a full size monitor and keyboard when I’m home.
I have a spare monitor and keyboard for the other laptop but I rarely use them. I do find the keyboard to be a bit annoying but I’ve just learned to cope with it.
My wife is a laptop kind of gal and I am a desktop kind of dude.
I recently gave her my MacBook Pro and bought a 24" iMac for myself.
She likes to sit in bed and read her e-mail and browse the web. She wants to just snap it shut, go to bed, and then pop it open whenever she needs to look something up.
The MacBook Pro serves her perfectly in this regard.
I like to have a big huge screen where I can sit and surf, scan documents, mess with photos, etcetera.
I have a work laptop that I bring home, but it sits in a corner until there’s an emergency. The iMac is the best for me.
I even got a TV adapter for it and use it as a DVR.
I have not found adjusting to a small laptop easy. If I used one at work I would get used to it. But I always had PCs at work. I am more comfortable on a PC. i have replaced several keyboards and mice over time. Do laptops have the same problems?
Another full-time laptop user. I’ve got to say, investing in a usb powered laptop cooling device was the best £10 I’ve spent this year. Whereas at one point it was overheating and switching itself off at least once a day, now it has only done it twice in the last two months.
I only have the laptop. It sits beside the couch on a laptop stand, and I have a wireless keyboard and mouse I use.
The last time I bought a desktop computer, Bill Clinton was tooling up for his re-election bid against Bob Dole, Apple’s System 7 was still in its heyday, the PC world was ecstatic over Windows95, and the typical hi end laptop could do 800 x 600.
I just have no use or need for a desktop. When I get to my standard destinations, I take out the laptop and hook up an excellent external keyboard, optical mouse, two external flat widescreen monitors, external hard disks, scanners, and so forth. Only advantage to having a desktop in that static location would be a faster processor and more RAM. Don’t need either right yet.
At the end of my workday, I unplug all that mess and stick it in the bag. I can open it on the way home and play music or movies, work on spreadsheets, etc, if I wish. And when I get home, I plug in a different nice external keyboard, mouse, etc, and I have all my email, all my documents, right here with me.
15.4" widescreen laptop is my main computer. It’s plugged in next to the couch in the living room, and I’m usually (currently!) sprawled out on the couch, typing away. The keyboard is nearly full-size, so close enough for me, and I have no issues with the touchpad, though I don’t really play games so I don’t need it to do anything too complex. I have a wireless mouse for when I need the extra mouse control (last semester’s AutoCAD course, for example).
My other computer is a 10" Eee-PC and when it’s not charging in the corner of the living room, it lives in my school bag. I use it all the time at school, and I transfer files from one computer to the other using a USB key usually.
My main work PC is a laptop that is docked with full size keyboard, mouse and monitor at work, but often comes home with me to be used as-is or with a USB mouse. I also have a Win desktop at work for big numerical models, and a box with two SBCs (one Win and one DOS), in my office, and a rackmount at work I’ve been using the most lately for programming a machine to do something.
My main home PC is a desktop that is always on and logged in, for internet and email and banking and a few other things like a mapmaking hobby, but I also have two home laptops that are for field datalogging with GPS equipment.
I’ve been portable since 2000. I bought a PowerBook G3 and sold my old desktop before I moved to Japan. That lasted me about 5 years, and then I moved to one of the last G4 PowerBooks a year or so before they went Intel. I’m looking to get a new MacBook Pro in the next year or so.
I can’t imagine not having my computer with me. I don’t have a computer at my desk at work, so I’d either have to use the bank of computers (all in Japanese, with software that’s at least 5–10 years out of date) or do without. My wife and I also travel to another city quite often to stay with her mother. It’s very nice to be able to have my own computer with me and do whatever I want however long I want without feeling like I’m kicking her off her computer.
Sure, all the time. But my laptop is pretty lousy, so I only use it when I can’t be at home.
I used to use my pc almost exclusively when at home. The problem was that I was up in our dark, crowded (with papers, filing cabinets, storage containers, etc.) home office room all the time, separated from everyone else. With the laptop, I can be around everyone else when working or relaxing and help out with the kids, look up things quickly when someone asks, or share an interesting article I am reading.