"desktop being" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to describe an action or state of being related to a desktop computer. Example: "I couldn't finish my project on time due to my desktop being slow."
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Canon of Japan "disrupted" this technology when they successfully designed a copier small enough to fit on a desktop, being cheaper to buy and service because the operators could replace toner themselves now that this came in convenient cartridges and the problem of jamming paper was largely, although not entirely, eliminated (Christensen and Raynor 2003).
"We knew there was going to be a transition from desktop being primary to mobile and tablet being primary" said Greylock partner / Mozilla's former CEO and current board member John Lilly today at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC.
Smartphone AR apps, by nature of the OS desktop being what the phone boots into, rely on the smartphone app metaphor to open/close "apps" to switch contexts (e.g. switch between my messaging app versus a game. I probably don't want both of those in one app and the app trying to figure out what I really mean to do).
A skeumorph is an object that derives aesthetic elements from an original object, often completely unnecessarily (think: the email icon on your desktop being a letter, or an ebook having virtual page flips).
If you divide your time between working in 1 location and working remotely, you may want to consider one of these options: If you spend more of your time at home than working remotely, you may want to have both a desktop computer and a laptop computer, with the desktop being an assembled PC and the laptop a branded PC.
