The notebook PCs are very popular these days. Earlier, due to
their high cost, they were merely used by the high business. Now the downfall
is observed dramatically in the cost of notebooks. As numerous of cheap notebook computers are available
in the market, so they have entered the mainstream and have made their place in
the world. So many people are using notebook as the desktop PC.
The benefits of desktops
over notebooks:
• Price: The price of desktops is less than the cost of notebooks in
every term – money, features and performance. In fact, desktops are half or
less the cost of notebooks.
• Performance: The performance of most PCs is better than the performance of
desktop at less price. You can’t get the specifications of the system in a
notebook that you can get in desktops.
• Expandability: The options for expanding desktops is much more as compared to the
notebooks. Desktops comes with numerous slots with which you can attach
external devices with the desktop, whereas notebooks have less number of slots.
• Selection: Numerous number of notebook models are available in the market that
are manufactured by different companies, but huge number of options are
available in case of desktop system is more in the market. So you will have
numerous number of options for the desktop PC.
• Configurability: The chances of the customizing configuration of the notebook are
very few as compared to desktops. As you can’t open notebooks again and again.
But in desktops you can customize any component easily.
• Upgradeability: Most of the desktop PCs can be upgraded easily i.e. extra RAM can
be added, HDDs and graphic cards can be replaced easily and in some cases even
the processor of the system can be upgraded easily. The Up gradation of the
motherboard can be difficult and bit expensive, but it will be cheaper than
buying a new system. Notebooks have also improved greatly in the last few years
in the terms of reliability, selection and expandability.
Still, there are a
few gaps that persist and will always occur.
The Advantages of
notebooks over desktops
• Portability: As the notebooks are light weight and portable they allow you to
move from one place to another. You aren't fixed to one location; you can do
your work wherever you want i.e. in the office or at your home with the same
equipment which is not possible in case of desktops.
• Power Savings: the power consumption of the Notebooks is much less than
desktops.
So all depends on you, whether you need a portable system or fixed
system. It’s all depend on your requirement whether you want to save money or
you want a system that you can take with you anywhere.
