Time to ditch your laptop for a desktop? The Wall Street Journal makes the case.

Time to ditch — or augment — your laptop?

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published 12 August 2015

Computers are getting smaller and smaller, to the point where some tech analysts are calling an end to not just the era of desktop computers but also laptops — tablets and phablets and smartphones can do a lot of heavy lifting, and they're selling like hotcakes. At The Wall Street Journal, Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler is taking a step back and asking you to consider upgrading, size-wise as well as in terms of power, value, and productivity.

Fowler goes over a few desktop-computing configurations, combining Mac and Windows, new-and-improved towers, monitors, all-in-one desktops, mini-computers, speakers, wireless mice and keyboards, and — if you need your laptop or won't let it go — setups that use your portable as the computing power. You'll get more bang for your buck, he argues, concluding: "The joy of the desktop is having the best computer right where we actually work and play." See if Fowler can convince you in the short video below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.