A report just released suggests that exceed laptop sales that office by the late 2008/early 2009. Like the key, you and me? It depends on where you sit. Home users have different needs than mobile users. Take a look at your PC. If you have connected a printer? Perhaps you have a beautiful 23 "flat screen, or on your desktop as a television / entertainment for the family. Well, you really want to replace a laptop does not work? Probably.

Now, take a different angle.Your PC is packed into a space under your stairs. There is a real danger of hitting unconscious when you are sitting on the chair taken from the dining room are – try Yes, I did too. And uh printer – you have not, there is not enough space beside the bed cats! Perhaps it is time to buy a laptop – you do not use the computer for anything other than navigation. Bonus – no more pain, head under the stairs and the cat is no longer a fan of rattling blows The dust on his face.

Two very different views of desktop computers at home. But why not buy the laptop users? Price. Back four years or so and it's a different world. A laptop modest cost, you'd be a bit of money important. Times have changed. Cost of production and the announcement of the Intel Atom has changed in the markets. They have never been better. Here in the UK, you can now pick up a cheap laptop for 200 € – very cheap. Adding innovations such as the> ASUS Eee PC and it's small form and I predict that manufacturers will see an explosion of sales in the coming years.

The business

Professional users have different needs. Not long ago, the Company had an office for employees. Mobility of the workforce is changing the way we work. Working from home is becoming more frequent. Many workers are now visiting local clients. Take for sale or engineering, for example. You can not lug their desktop with them. Companyrecognized this and set to work to ensure that their employees are not just a machine on which the information is stored, but as a means to deliver returns that the enterprise: SaaS (Software as a Service ). If you equip a mobile workforce with a laptop and Internet access (GPRS card, dongle, etc.), it is not necessary for an office. Of course, with a small number of high-performance machines for specific tasks is always necessary, but for work in general? No.

So what will happen on the desktop? Wellit will not wither and die, no matter what analysts think. projected sales indicate that there is still growth market ALEBA small – a single figure. But many users still connected to their computers, it's like an additional member of the family. The increase in mobile Internet devices and ULCPCs impact – many suppliers are counted in this growing sector.

One last thought: Even if your PC has, you can really justify the purchase to receive a shiny new laptop just because itany rabies?