desktop machine

The Linux Critic: "Right now in my house I have (not counting my wife's iMac) two laptops and a desktop machine that are in regular use. All three are running Linux in some fashion"

Linux.com: "I'm a notebook kind of guy and haven't used a traditional desktop machine in the last 13 years. I do occasionally hook my notebook or Netbook up to an external monitor or projector."

Worldlabel blog: "If your laptop is getting long in the tooth, there is no reason to rush out to buy a new one.

Instead, you can relegate the most demanding computer tasks to your desktop machine and use your laptop to run applications remotely."