Many desktop users regard laptops as frivolous and technically unsound in comparison. How much evidence is there to back this up, and is this is a fair judgement of laptop hardware?
Certainly, if a laptop becomes damaged, it is harder to find replacement parts for it and it is more expensive to have it repaired. Laptop screens alone cost roughly half the amount of a laptop itself, so a laptop screen replacement could run into the hundreds of pounds.
Laptops – especially laptop keyboards – are more susceptible to breaking. Theft is also an issue. In terms of laptop hardware, it is not as easy to upgrade a laptop as it is a desktop, nor is it as powerful.
Some people would go as far as to say that you should always invest in a desktop unless you have a very good reason not to.
Is the only advantage of a laptop its portability then? Before we dismiss this advantage so quickly, let’s examine it more deeply. These days not all work is done in the office at a desk. Meetings are conducted in different offices, towns, and countries. Presentations are a fact of life, and grabbing the chance to work in a coffee shop, library or airport while we wait is not only an opportunity, but a necessity. In all of these circumstances, the portability of a laptop completely overrides the disadvantages.
Other advantages afforded by a laptop are efficiency, ease of use and low power consumption.
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