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As there are various fashionable styles of computer in the market today, you may think of many factors to buy one. Of course, a budget must be set first before you decide to enter into a computer shop. The next important question is that which kind of computer is suitable to you, a desktop or a laptop. Probably, you may use it as a home computer or for your office work. The following factors can help you get the most appropriate computer for you.

1. Price: With a limited budget, you need to select a computer which you can afford to buy. Keep in mind that the price of a laptop computer is nearly twice higher than a desktop, with the same efficiency.

2. Repair: In case of damage and replacement of computer parts (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speaker), a laptop consumes more time and expense than a desktop to fix them as those parts are internal and need to be fixed by a professional technician who, of course, asks for a high payment for his service. This causes your work on your laptop computer interrupted for a period because the damage part cannot be removed to fix and replaced by a new one, different from a desktop computer.

3. Appealing to a thief: With its beautiful features and light weight, the laptop can be easier stolen than the heavy and importable desktop when your house or room is broken in.

4. Subject to damage: As the desktop is stationary, it is hardly risk to be fallen down and broken. Unlike the easily portable laptop which is much likely to be dropped, bumped and broken.

5. Overheating: With many vents on the back of the tower case, the desktop is protected from easy overheating. Unlikely, the laptop possesses only one vent on the back with the remaining under the base, which can cause the air blocked when the computer is placed on a table. It can be damaged when you use it for a long period as it overheats. Make sure that you purchase a computer from a reliable professional and long trusted manufacturer.

Whichever kind of computer you buy, the other important thing to be noted is that its system’s potentiality to be upgraded in the future. As computer systems and software are always developed, your computer needs to be compatible with all latest updated versions for your worthwhile investment.

A computer desktop is commonly used amongst many people for working. They perhaps do not consider buying other kinds of computer when it is time to buy a new computer. Here comes a portable computer, so called a notebook. A notebook has several benefits and it is better option than a computer desktop for many reasons.

1. Mobility

Instead of moving your chair to your computer, it is much easier bringing your computer to your chair. This idea comes alive when using laptop because you can work with your laptop everywhere you desire; at your desk or your bed. Laptops with wireless connection allow you to get in touch with people on the internet, to work and to shop wherever you are.

Surely, laptops are very useful for those who have busy lifestyle. Students benefits a lot from laptop as they can bring their laptops to school and library meanwhile business man can bring it while making a trip somewhere. Now it is even better with wireless connection available worldwide, people can use the laptop on their holidays. With particular model, you can use the notebook to upload photos taken from a digital camera and then send them to you mates and family when you are still away. You can also use the laptop to tell other people about your wonderful trip by writing it on your personal blog with photos you took.

2. Better display

The advanced development in size and quality of laptop displays makes it similar to a computer desktop. To give you an example, people can buy Apple’s MacBook with a 13.3-inch LCD widescreen (1280 x 800 pixels), a 15.4-inch LCD widescreen (1440 x 900 pixels) or a 17-inch widescreen (1680 x 1050 pixels). This is similar to the Compaq Presario has a 15.4-inch screen.

3. Lighter Weight

In the past, notebooks were too heavy to carry around, but now you can keep them on your back. The MacBook is about one inch thick while Toshiba Portege is around four pound in weight. Even though those two model are considered heavy compared to the new comer, Fujitsu’s LifeBook U810 (1.5 pounds and very slim), you can see how far they have come from the old model with seven pound in weight.

4. Better Computing and Battery Power

The laptops have known by people of their small space on the hard drive, limited RAM and limited battery power. However, this has been changed. The notebooks now have the same capacity as the computer desktop. For instance, the MacBook comes with 1GB of memory (could be set up to 4 GB) and a hard drive that could be set up to 250 GB. This enables you to use other program at the same time and it consumes little time as you do with the computer desktop. Moreover, the notebook’s batteries nowadays are not hot and get smoke.

5. More features

The size and weight of the previous laptops could limit the kind of features available. Nowadays, there are more space and features come in the new notebook due to smaller processors and other gears. The MacBook, for example, comes with a DVD player, built in camera, microphone and wireless connectivity, a couple of USB connectors and digital and sound input/output.

Benefits of notebooks are many. Thus, it is worth considering a laptop when having to buy a new computer.

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