[ikk157]

Excellent post @ikk157  Really like it when members share hands on experience like this.

Am curious.  Is this the device for which you had changed to Windows 8.1?


 Thinking about this again, I agree with you.  VPS is a completely different experience and setup as a desktop computer.  

Although I agree completely that mobile has taken off and developments will favour it more and more in the future, for Web development I think desktop or laptop will always be a more comfortable way to work on Web pages.

I'm very happy to sit in front a desktop computer to read my posts and work on them.  I also feel more secure using a desktop computer to mobile, particularly Android.

Yup, that’s the one I’ve switched to Windows 8.1 Pro. It came with Windows 7 starter, hated it and ran like crap... switched to Windows 7 professional still hated it and ran like crap... a few years later windows 8 came out, switched to that and for once my laptop actually ran beautifully... then came windows 8.1, also ran beautifully when i switched to then... and finally came windows 10, switched to it and instantly hated it... it ran the worst with windows 10, and all of my friends’ and families systems running windows 10 also ran like crap. Switched back to windows 8.1 and here it is running beautifully, which is impressive considering that the laptop is 10 years old!!!


The biggest benefit of desktops/laptops is the fact that they have large screens compared to mobile. That’s why people tend to like them the most for web development.

However, in the modern day and age, phones and tablets are getting bigger and bigger. Heck, the iPad can now give you the benefit of a computer while still maintaining the excellence of a mobile device. For a matter of fact, I’ve done all of my development and everything to do with VPSs on my mobile devices... never on desktops/laptops!

Another factor is what you’re used to. Many people stay with desktops/laptops because they are simply used to using them on a daily basis... so using them for almost everything (like you are) makes them feel at home compared to doing the same stuff on mobile which they haven’t done frequently enough to be comfortable with. I personally dont see myself going through the effort of sitting down with a desktop/laptop just to do things such as checking the forum, checking emails, so on. My iPhone does all of that on the go and on-demand. Much more convenient to be honest.

But again, it really depends on what you’re used to. It’s the same concept on why older people have a less likely chance of using smartphones.