Why do people own desktop PCs in 2016? If you need power just

>>56465543
>If you need power just buy some cloud time on a machine much faster than any desktop you can afford.
That sounds awkward and annoying as fuck to deal with.

>>56465543

Why do people own cars in 2016?

If you need to go somewhere just call a cab with a man who knows every road better than you will ever know.

Why do people own cars in 2016?

If you want to get to places, just hire a taxi every time you leave the house.

>/g/ turns to worthless reddit-tier shit coincidentally right around the time smartphones roll out

>>56465559
>>56465560
Taxis aren't the only option. People shouldn't own cars, they should be using public transport.

>>56465558
Yeah ssh is so hard

>>56465582
I too have a throbbing erection every time I see a ECDH private key.

>>56465543

For video games obviously. But then that raises the question; Why not just use a console for video games?

>inb4 muh mods

>>56465573

I will use public trasnsport when it arrives when i want, picks me up where i want and leaves me where I want in a reasonable time.

>protip: I will never use it

>>56465651
More like

>muh higher resolutions + graphical quality, higher framerates and better control scheme for several genres

Mods can just be used to improve games without needing to turn all the enemies into MLPs.

>>56465582
How do I load Overwatch in ssh?

>>56465543
so what are you recommending? thin clients?

i simply don't want to depend on a remote service in my private life, if it can be helped. similarly, i don't want rely a food delivery service, even if the food is superfresh, i want actual food in my fridge.

>>56465771
I think you might be on the wrong board

>>56465873
Overwatch is an executable file. Sorry if you haven't heard of it. It's really popular.

>>56465573
Nice try pinko scum

>>56465894

> "You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18."

>>56465938
The average gamer is 37. If you don't play games, there's a higher chance you're underage than if you do.

>>56465965
You need to have a good think about what you just wrote

>>56465983
you need to end urself immediately fatass freetard moron lmaooo

>>56465983
>have a good think

Underage detected

>>56465997
>>56465999
Memesters out in full force tonight

>>56466048
>tonight
it's 11am moron

>>56465965
The stats it gets for 'gamers' include moms and normies playing Facebook games and phone apps.

>>56466075
And it also includes kids playing Minecraft and Nintendo and mobile games.

>>56466058
7PM in Tokyo

>>56466058
>what are timezones

They soon won't.
Laptops now have the same hardware as desktops and the moment laptop prices start coming down, desktops are going to disappear.
Families are only going to have a laptop + tablet combos around and only content creators and 8k ultra hd gaymers with 6-10k to spend on a rig are going to have desktops.

I can't even name a single person I know who still has a desktop.
10 years ago everyone had one and laptops were fairly rare.
Now it's the other way around.

>>56466157
>Laptops now have the same Hardware as Desktops
Funny meme, I wanna see a Laptop as good as my Desktop

Games is the only reason I have a desktop.

>>56466376

Take your pick, there's tons of them.
http://www.ultrabookreview.com/10939-laptops-nvidia-1070-1080/
They all now have the same GPUs as desktops.
I'm pretty confident is saying that a laptop with a 1080 will beat 80% of the desktops on this board.
At least judging by the amount of 1070 and 1060 GPUs and i3 and i5 CPUs that people keep buying.

Also if you happen to be one of the people who happen to be sporting dual Xeons or something, then good for you.
But the average and even above average level user will be more than happy with a laptop in the future.
Only issue is the price.

>>56466455
you don't do much office/multimedia work?

0/10 bait faggot

You can find articles saying that the PC is dying all the way back to 2001.

The PC has been 'dying' for 15 fucking years
Shut the fuck up already

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>>56465582
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>>56466075
>Its a "That /g/ anon that hates anything to do with 'GAYMING' and believes that a computers one and only sole purpose is for web browsing and complex program usage" thread

I'm sorry that comp sci degree isn't working out for you anon, but you dont need to be a dick to everyone about it.

>>56465543
Oh yeah? Where do I buy 5 year's worth of cloud time for dual titan X and 64 GB ram for less than $3000? Hell, for less than $10000 even.

>>56466469
Except laptops are throttled because the heat half the time.

Also I want multi monitors, a keyboard and mouse that isn't garbage, places to actually plug stuff in, and battery life longer than 10 minutes with a card like that.

if anything laptops are dying with the advent of the tablet , most normies who play Facebook games don't need a lot of power in a portable device, And if you're going to game you might as well get a desktop.

Best gaming platform.

Comfy shitposting.

>>56466772
The demoscene has been "dying" since the 90s.

There's even a meme demo about it

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=59105

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFXIGHOElrE

>>56465543

I really need something powerful enough to dick around and do work, rendering with a cloud based farm is alright but modelling is not.

Why do you care so much if someone doesn't use a tablet or a chromebook for their main machine btw? Are you too poor to afford a powerful system?

>>56465573
Public transport is great where I live but it's less convenient, more expensive and doesn't have any of the benefits that cycling does.

>>56465543
>If you need power just buy some cloud time on a machine much faster than any desktop you can afford.
Yea ok. What's it cost to rent a 12 core Xeon machine with a decent GPU?

>>56466882
Gamers are annoying, though.

>>56465573
>People shouldn't own cars
Eat my dick

>>56465573
>public transport
>anywhere near fast enough
>reaching anywhere near as far
Well, still apt as an analogy for op.

>>56465543
I've been using the "same" desktop for 7-8 years. Besides minor upgrades, it works pretty well desu

>>56466965
>half the time

Your head is firmly in your ass

>>56467406
This. It's 99% of the time.

>>56467448
I've got a laptop and I use it like never.

I use my desktop for work and tablet for lounging.

>>56466157
My immediate friend circle is seven people

Three own up to date desktops with one owning a laptop for work purposes, too; the rest own Macbooks

My parents own a desktop + laptop, uncles only own desktops, cousins have high end phones + desktops, my Nan has two desktops

So whilst you're not /entirely/ wrong, my anecdotal evidence shows you're also full of hyperbolic shit

I live in not-America, though, so PCs are gonna be doing better in general for me

>>56465543
Why do white men still fuck their wives in 2016?

If your wife is horny you can just hire a black escort who will fuck her deeper and harder than a white penis possibly could.

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>>56466157
>implying i can get my 2 hdds and 2 ssds in a laptop
>implying a laptop has ports for my 3 monitors
>implying a laptop has enough usb ports
>implying that having to plug and unplug in my monitors/keyboard/etc peripherals every time i want to use the laptop as a LAPTOP isnt cumbersome as shit
im neither a content creator or a heavy gamer, but youre a retard

>>56465573
In the majority of the US there is no public transportation and even when there is it is shit.

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>>56468243
>implying any of that can't be handled with a docking station

Look at this rube

>>56468243

You don't have to use the 1 USB port Mac anon.

I have 3 SSDs in my laptop and one 5TB external, that's all I need as far as storage goes.
I also have two monitors attached to it.
If they were Thunderbolt monitors, I could daisychain them and just keep on adding to the number.
There's also a mouse and a macro pad attached to this thing.
It's essentially a desktop replacement, that I can simply pick up and use as a normal laptop when needed.

>>56465543
>That form factor.
Is that a 4U chassis that got a ton of plastic around it?

>>56465569
not just /g/, but many places got flooded with retards that otherwise would rarely use internet.

>>56465573
You're a fucking tard. You're assuming that everyone lives in the city. I used to live in the suburbs and the bus system there was shit. If I didn't live in the city now I would never use public transit.

>>56468616
>I'm one of the enlightened ones

>>56466157
Do you even have friends.

>can't name a single person who has a desktop.
>i just did in a split second.

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>>56465543
Because cloud computing deals with network latency and I can't airgap a cloud system that gets compromised

>>56465543
Why do people still buy houses?

If you need a space to live just rent.

>>56468465
>I could daisychain them and just keep on adding to the number.
Nope, shows what you know. Only 1 display per TB port is allowed.