With the majority of computers sold these days having built-in displays, do you still use an external monitor, or do you find the built-in display of your computer to suit your needs?

I guess tablets can also be included...?, as some models have video out ports.

Edit: Removed extra quote and added clarification...

Personally, I think of computers as Desktop-PCs and Laptops.
Smartphones and tablets (while also "computers", of course) aren't among the first things I think of, when thinking of computers in general.
I mean, my calculator is also a computer - nonetheless, the word "calculator" takes the back seat, when I'm thinking about computers.

Edit: how many people do you know that hook up their tablet to an external monitor?

The majority of PCs do not have built in monitors. I don't think anyone really interested in PC gaming would want that. Part of the appeal of PCs is being able to upgrade components. You can't upgrade your display if it's built in.

Anyway the answer is yes I use external displays.

The only instance where I don't is when I'm computing from my couch on my "look things up while sitting here" laptop. Occasionally [when traveling -- rare], I'll use a laptop on its own in that situation. All my preferred computing happens without a built-in display in use. Even my work laptop is primarily used docked.

I would like to say I have never connected an external screen to a laptop, except I have, a couple of times, connected a laptop to a telly as those tend to have awful computers in them. That was done in order to watch something, like a feature film or series.

A lot of my friends dock their work laptops to large monitors for work.

I believe laptops make up the majority of computers sold.

Also, there's all-in-one computers, where the computer is essentially built in to the monitor (the iMac may be the best known example). Also, perhaps I could count x86 tablets in there as well. (x86 tablets that run Windows or Linux can generally run the games available on this site, provided that a suitable input device is connected; that's not the case for ARM tablets, which are basically big smartphones.) Some smartphones also have video out, I believe. I think it's reasonable, for purposes of this topic, to think mainly of x86 computers.

No, I didn't have desktop with external monitor in like 15 years.

Don't think so.
Most Computers are sold to companies and not to private users.
And companies will only buy Laptops for users who will need a mobile device just because of costs.
The companies I know don't use desktops that much either, because they are big. Instead they buy NUCs for fixed workplaces and for fixed positions of control.
Sometimes an old laptop is used for the later one too.
Even the repair shop for my car, a small private company, is using NUCs that are in some holding at the backside of their screens.

For private users, depends on the country I would say.

That's a bit off. Tablets are what is sold mostly to private users.

Companies are switching to Mini PCs or NUCs, hardly anyone uses Laptops to work at a desk anymore.

PC players use desktop PCs, among my friends there is only one who uses a Laptop to play.
But not so many players buy complete systems, they buy components.
And all that i-Stuff is not sold very often anyway compared to all other solutions.

A external monitor in most cases is the only choice, in many other cases the best choice.
My monitor is 32", 4k, 144 Hz with HDR. I don't know any internal solution that can compete with that.

While on an old gaming laptop using the external monitor in form of led tv. Those unwanted babies can be easily afforded from gumtree or used tvs shops. You can install it at desired height or inside a wardrobe and connect it with an HDMI cable or receiver. Talking about 28-32inch smart TVs with USB stick recognition to play videos without adds to your real babies. Most people replace it with bigger units forgetting that it can serve as a perfectly real fireplace. Another reason is the gamepad and comfortable position 2x screen size away from the screen. Players with 50inch tv should sit 100inches from the screen etc. 28 inch is optimal for me for playing on a chair and tv itself has few picture enhancing options. Projecting on one screen take less computer power.

Eh, that was true before the pandemic WFH switch, but, since, a lot of companies have again shifted back to mobile devices (often ultra crappy cheap ones) and remoting in to a shared environment. It's the return of the dumb client mainframe, more-or-less.

See also: the proliferation of garbage "Chromebook"s. (Pardon my redundancy.)

Well, for a PC, it's mandatory, so yes.

For laptops, I never used an external monitor with one. I also barely ever use them, so never felt the need.

But technically, tablets are just larger phones, no ?.