Tech devices

[ukaserex]

I wish I knew how to set up a poll off the top of my head - but I'm kind of curious -

How many people use their desktops for email? And, is it the primary tool you use to write and read e-mails?

And - how many use a smart phone for streaming videos from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc.?

I heard on the radio that the use of a PC is considered antiquated. I was stunned. I only use my smart phone for google maps and to call people. I'll text when necessary, and check email on it if I'm traveling, but other than that - I'm on my PC every day. But, I guess at 49, I'm a bit antiquated  myself.

[Nyghtshade]

I use my smartphone if I'm out and about, but at home I find it much easier to browse the net and send/receive emails on my PC at home, as does my husband.  And I just can't imagine trying to watch movies on a tiny smartphone screen, if you had a choice to watch it on something larger. 

[Aggelakis]

I use my desktop extensively. I am sitting at it for at least an hour a day, if not multiple hours. I don't check my email on my phone at all, even though I have it linked up. I use my phone for calling, texting, light browsing of facebook/internet, YouTube meandering, and Pandora/IHeartRadio.

[Brightfires]

I divide my time between my desktop PC and my little 2nd generation SurfacePro tablet (The toy I got to replace my laptop-). I can write, do basic  image editing, browse or go through email equally well on either. I don't typically stream movies or TV shows at all, though I do use iTunes on both for background music pretty often. I still need my larger desktop monitor for serious graphics work, but everything else is just as easy to do on the smaller machine.

I'm a total Luddite when it comes to phones. I do have a Windows smart-phone, but all I ever do with it is... use it as a phone. If I want music on the go, that's what my iPod Nano is for. XD

[eabrace]

I usually check email from my laptop... while docked at my desk, so it might as well be my desktop.

[DoctorHugh]

Well, if I am anywhere near my desk, that's what I use. Why wouldn't I be using the comfy chair, 22" screen, mouse and full keyboard instead of trying to sprain a finger typing on a smartphone?

If no computer is handy, I'll use the smartphone, but it's not my gadget of choice.

[OzonePrime]

PC exclusively. Phone is for phone calls and/or texting.

[Vr2Lrose]

I use IPhone  for 90% of everything I typically only get access to PC on weekends or late at night and  I'm to tired to  do much then,

[Felderburg]

I use my phone, tablet, and laptop (as a desktop, but purchased for travel if needed) depending on my mood / app needed / which is available (so when I'm out and about, it's my phone). I don't stream videos, except for when I miss The Flash at its regular time. Certain functions only work on desktop (like adding filters in gmail) so I naturally use my laptop for that.

[healix]

I finally have a new gaming desktop...my old putersaurus died after 12 years. I use it for all my email/internet stuff. My phone is only for calls and texting.

[chuckv3]

The main reason to still use a keyboard and therefore a PC or laptop is for typing. I friggin HATE to thumb-type and tap on a pop-up on-screen keyboard. it takes at least 4 times as long as good old-fashioned typing. Of course you can TALK to most of the little devices, but for writing forum posts and such it will auto-correct and mis-guess to the point of making you look insane. No thanks!

Plus, a good old-fashioned desktop with a mid-to-high graphics card will cost around $500 with a 27" monitor. Laptops with decent graphics cost at least $1000 and the screens are now the limiting factor in usability.

If you travel a lot, then a laptop makes sense. I don't. I actually work from home, so I go with the most usable available device, which also happens to have the most bang for the buck. That's the desktop PC. I only use the phone to google something when I'm away from home, or to stream something on Spotify that I don't already have on my car's USB stick. (yay for unlimited data)

But here's the funny thing. What do you consider a "computer" these days? I have a desktop, work laptop, nexus 7 tablet, kindle fire tablet, kindle e-reader, work blackberry, iphone 5s, Roku and Tivo, all of which are really computers in the classic sense. That's like 9 computers (in various forms) for 2 people.

[blacksly]

PC exclusively. Phone is for phone calls and/or texting.

Pretty much same. Texting is good enough for short messages, and I don't want to be bothering with long messages on a small screen even with a slide-out keyboard.

[FatherXmas]

I use my desktop for everything, and the tablet if I'm away from the desktop.