What are the advantages of a Notebook/Laptop over a Desktop?
Besides portability, a notebook does not actually have many advantages over a desktop. If you need portability, go with a notebook, but if you plan on only using the notebook in one single location, you are best off with a desktop. To better explain, we’ll go into some more detail about why a Desktop holds more advantage over a Notebook.
Why a desktop?
- A desktop can be opened up easily. This means that replacing parts is also very easy — even more, the parts are readily available.
- Since it can be opened up, when a part goes bad it can be replaced easily with a relatively low cost
- The expected lifetime of a desktop is greater than that of a laptop
- A desktop can hold more powerful hardware then a laptop
- Desktops have less unexpected, random problems
- A desktop can be easily upgraded overtime; a laptop’s memory tends to have upgrade limitations, the power supply can not be replaced (exempt from this statement is the power adapter), the CPU can not be replaced, and the video card can not be replaced.
- Desktops contain few proprietary hardware, and not nearly as many proprietary drivers or operating system builds
