Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Desktop computer
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====Full-size==== Full-sized desktops are characterized by separate display and processing components. These components are connected to each other by cables or [[Wireless Network|wireless connections]]. They often come in a [[Computer tower|tower]] form factor. These computers are easy to customize and upgrade per user requirements, e.g. by [[expansion card]]. Early extended-size (significantly larger than mainstream [[ATX]] case) tower computers sometimes were labeled as "[[deskside computer]]s",<ref>{{Cite web|title=SGI Onyx2 Deskside - VAXBARN|url=https://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/collection/8-collection/88%20-sgi-onyx2|access-date=2021-05-23|website=www.vaxbarn.com|archive-date=2021-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523211648/https://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/collection/8-collection/88%20-sgi-onyx2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=7028-6E1 IBM eServer pSeries 610 Deskside Server Model 6E1|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=sm&appname=pseries&htmlfid=897/ENUS7028-6E1|access-date=2021-05-24|website=www-01.ibm.com|language=en-US}}</ref> but currently this naming is quite rare.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cray CX1 Deskside Supercomputer|url=http://blog.davidboucher.com/2009/11/cray-cx1-deskside-supercomputer.html|access-date=2021-05-23}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)