| Should I buy a cheap laptop or a cheap | | | | you can buy a dedicated graphics card just to |
| desktop? | | | | serve a graphics intensive application. |
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| You may find yourself asking that question | | | | Portability |
| many times while shopping for a computer. | | | | |
| This guide offers you the pros and cons of | | | | Portability is why everyone wants a laptop |
| owning a laptop versus a desktop pc. | | | | these days. Because of their size and weight, |
| | | | it is easier to carry a laptop around as |
| Processing speed | | | | opposed to a desktop pc. |
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| Comparing processing speeds, laptops usually | | | | Screen Display |
| lag behind their desktop counterparts. With | | | | |
| the rapid advance in microchip technology, | | | | Everyone buy laptop for their portability so |
| the gap between them will become smaller. | | | | laptops usually do not come with screens as |
| | | | big as their desktop counterparts. The screen |
| Wireless | | | | technology used is usually not as good as |
| | | | those used by desktop pc. Furthermore with a |
| Most laptops especially those with Intel | | | | desktop pc, you can always upgrade to a |
| mobile chips come with wireless capability | | | | bigger and better screen whereas for laptop |
| out of the box. This means you can get online | | | | you are stuck with the same screen display |
| from any location at home easily without ugly | | | | for the whole lifespan of the laptop. |
| wires if you have a wireless network setup at | | | | |
| home. Desktop pcs do not typically provide | | | | Upgradeability |
| this capability out of the box although that | | | | |
| may change in the near future. | | | | Laptops do not offer many upgrade options. |
| | | | You can only upgrade memory and hard disk. |
| Memory | | | | With a desktop you can upgrade almost |
| | | | anything and only limited by the motherboard. |
| Memory chip tends to be more expensive in | | | | This means a cheap desktop pc offers a longer |
| Laptop than desktop pcs. If you buy a laptop | | | | lifespan than a laptop. |
| with less than 512MB ram, be prepare to pay | | | | |
| more for memory upgrades than you have to | | | | So whether you should buy a cheap laptop or a |
| with a desktop pc. | | | | cheap desktop, ask yourself what are your |
| | | | needs? If you want to be able to use a |
| Graphics Display | | | | computer wherever you go, then you are |
| | | | looking at a laptop to fulfill your needs. |
| Because of the size of a laptop, most | | | | However if you do not require the portability |
| business or entry level laptop use integrated | | | | of a laptop, play a lot of 3D games, graphic |
| graphics with limited ram. This means most | | | | intensive applications, if you care about |
| laptops even some expensive ones cannot run | | | | upgradeability to prolong the lifespan of |
| graphics intensive applications or 3d games | | | | your investment, then desktop pc is a smarter |
| as well as a desktop pc. With a desktop pc, | | | | choice for you. |