... no point getting laptops if you ain't carrying it around.

There isn't a laptop with balls big enough for my liking/needs.  I work with video [editing/converting, etc] and there's no way a laptop would let me convert one file while editing another, while moving others, while checking WC and emails, while listening to music.

Nope, I need desktop rig with plenty of CPU/GPU power and memory to burn.... like a 4.0ghz CPU, a GTX560Ti and 32 gigs of RAM.  Ain't never likely to find that in a portable device... ie, laptop.

I can remove and replace any component in my tower in minutes, including the motherboard.........with the brand and/or model and grade of parts that I choose to use. Try that with your laptop.

http://www.mpx.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=773103

 

i7 3630Qm (3 gen)

3.4 GHz

32gig RAM

128gig ssd + 1tb hdd

17" 1920x1080 (full HD)

 

That's better than most people's desktop PC

 

Valid point....but I maintain that the desktop PC will be obsolete in a few years.

Noctua fan and coolers are pretty top notch in every aspect they cool and transport air pretty well, super quiet, and a warranty of 5 years- if it starts making noises ( IF ) ball bearings gather dust or things just dont work on silent level anymore you simply mail the customer support ( you dont even have to contact the retailer where you bought it from ) Noctua customer support is pretty awesome i had a problem once and told them that my fan was making noises and i need a replacement they said we will send you a new one and if it is arrived you can send us the old one... was pretty nice since i needed to work on that pc...
My cpu is cooled by a NH-D14 and i have amazing results in terms of cooling... 
replaced all Lian-Li fans with noctuas and i cant hear anything from my rig
some stats for geeks ( all fans run at 30%+- ) have a controller for each fan

 

Too funny Wizard. I just yesterday had my HP laptop cpu just fry and now my laptop is next to me in about 45 pieces, just to get it out. I am going to try the repair, but ain't holding my breath. A desktop pc, would have been done in five minutes!

AS long as there are thieves in the world, and lazy employees, there will be destop pc's. To easy to steal a laptop and hide what your doing .

I wonder if anyone has ever run a laptop nonstop for a year even without it cooking everything in it. Desktops are still king.

Impressive specs for a laptop, but it also looks like at a premium price, like considerably more than I paid for my desktop rig.  I looked it up and see it starts from $1699 AUD for the 16gb RAM model, so one could reasonably assume the 32gb model is $2000 plus... probably up aroud the $2500 mark.  My rig cost nowhere near that much, and at the end of the day, you're paying big money for portability that still doesn't match the power of a somewhat cheaper, high-end desktop PC.

Jafo you leave your system on all of the time? I couldn't do that. Stresses the components too much, and wastes power. 

Roloccolor what app is that?

Jafo never sleeps.

It is AIDA64 it is pretty good program offers anything you want benchmarks stress tests monitoring temps- to much to name
For me its a must have. You can read more about it on the link below
AIDA64
PS my system also runs day and night ,i have to clean the dust catchers about every month and give it a compressed air cleaning like every 3 months,
the good thing is if you have good hardware you wont waste that much energy like you would with older one current processors need much less energy to run and then you can also send your pc into sleep ( save energy ) 

2of3 ...I doubt you'll find a laptop that has a twin GPU with 3gig of DDR5 that can push 2560x1600 ..... http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGTX5903DIS3GD5/#specifications 

Kona...cycling electrics can do all sorts of things...including 'fretting' of blade contacts....and if it weren't for a shutdown/reboot my fan would still have been ticking along ignorant of the fact it'd been going for three and a half years.

It was stopping it that killed it...as it simply failed to restart...

Over compensating for a certain small body part are we?

No, refuting the suggestion that a Laptop could be 'better' than a desktop.

I didn't mention the 6TB of HDD or the 256G SSD.....or the REAL speakers not squeakers...

...or the MODEST 22" screen....