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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