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Mainstream Desktops

These desktops are used as home PCs but has a heavy price tag. They are equipped with powerful processors, graphic cards and huge RAM capacity over and above having many complex factors. It is very common for them to have multiple hard drives as they are mostly used for gaming.The different type of desktop computers, 2014 [http://typeslist.com/different-types-of-desktop-computers/ "Different computers"]

Full-Sized Desktops

These desktops are very common and quiet budget friendly compared to others in the market. It comes with separate display component and processing component. The components are connected by cables to execute command from each other. These computers are easy to customize and upgrade as per our requirement.

Home Theater Desktops

These desktops are connected to home entertainment systems and typically used for amusement purpose. They come with high definition display, video graphics, surround sound and TV tuner systems to compliment typical PC features.

Compact Desktops

These desktops are same as Full-Sized desktops but the only different is it's size. These are almost half of them and cost, performance same as Full-Sized desktops. Compact desktops are very difficult to customize and upgrade.

Rajk88 (talk) 16:20, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

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Desktop computer has an advantage over a laptop when you need to minimize power consumption and heat output means you will never be able to overclock it to the sort of performance levels achieved by Cyberpower's Gamer Infinity PC, for instance. Nor will you be able to fit a laptop with the kind of graphic cards found in most of these desktop systems. You may find a laptop with high-definition Blu-ray drives, but you may not get much benefit if you're watching a Blu-ray film on a screen that's 17in or smaller. In contrast, the smallest monitor supplied with these £1,299 PCs was 19in, with more than one 24in monitor included as well. These monitors are great for watching films, as well as for performing tasks such as video editing or multi-track music recording.If you are looking for a really powerful PC, then these desktop computer still hold an edge over the modern laptops.{{cite web|title=Laptops vs desktops. Personal Computer World|url=http://ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/docview/213495868?accountid=13158 |publisher=Incisive Media Limited|accessdate=February 7, 2012}}

Rajk88 (talk) 19:37, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

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A citation should be added to support this specific PC's overclocking potential. Better yet, the specific (and somewhat useless) comparison between something general (laptops) and something specific (Cyberpower's PC) should be changed to a general "PC's overclock better than laptops" statement, also with a citation, and a brief explanation of why this is so.

The line in question is: "This means that you will never be able to overclock it to the sort of performance levels achieved by Cyberpower's Gamer Infinity PC" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:7B09:7700:2C32:6730:C1D3:4585 (talk) 18:25, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Been discussed already at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Personal_computer/Archive_5#First_desktop_computer/personal_computer?]. Mainstream sources do not consider the Olivetti Programma 101 as the first "Desktop computer", they describe it as a programmable calculator. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

:Olivetti Programma 101 was reinserted into the article with an un-referenced claim by an IP. Per source "technically, the machine was a programmable calculator, not a computer."[https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/c-programma101.html]. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:01, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

::It literally was an assembly-programmed computer! That merely had a calculator interface. I bet people like you also believe that a smartphone is “not a computer” on the inside. XD

::Of course it still wasn’t a desktop computer in the modern sense. But it absolutely was a computer that went on your desktop, in the general sense. 2A02:3035:66F:1E2B:F3DF:599D:23CB:B41B (talk) 07:49, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

As of right now (00:11, 11 December 2019 (UTC)), this article is illustrated by one cartoon and photos of two old timey clunkers and of two pseudo-desktop computers. Can we have at least one photo of the actual subject of this article, please? (Here’s some to pick from.) Tuvalkin (talk) 00:11, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

I plan to improve upon and add to the history section and type sections of this article. I'm currently collecting sources. If anyone has any recommendations on what could be added or improved upon we could discuss here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.240.2 (talk) 16:58, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

I did add i section but it got removed because someone wanted to edit it out User:The Duke of Mars 19:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

:About gaming PC’s what? Their properties?

:Hint: Maybe acquire basic literacy first? 2A02:3035:66F:1E2B:F3DF:599D:23CB:B41B (talk) 07:50, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

What the hell is “HEDT”? High-end desktop computer is the title, yes, but what does that describe? Why a separate term for just a “fast computer”? 2A02:3035:66F:1E2B:F3DF:599D:23CB:B41B (talk) 07:45, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

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:Desktop computer → {{no redirect|Desktop}} – WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, similar to the article of Laptop. AimanAbir18plus (talk) 12:28, 23 June 2025 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). AimanAbir18plus (talk) 12:29, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

• Neutral per discussion Support (will keep watchlisted) per Laptop (and Chesttop). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:13, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
• I am a bit dubious. It is my understanding that the working space on the screen can be referred to as the "desktop" even if the device being used is a laptop. BD2412 T 18:45, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. As BD2412 points out, "desktop" does not exclusively mean "desktop computer" in the computing field. The Microsoft OS, Windows 11, has the ability to switch between multiple "desktops", and this terminology is used regardless of whether the OS is on a desktop computer or a laptop. Meters (talk) 19:14, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose 'desktop' has many contexts, from the simple one of furniture onwards. The simplest clear name for the purpose here is the one we already have as desktop computer. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:30, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose per User:BD2412, User:Meters and User:Andy Dingley. JIP | Talk 23:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)