| The computer market is a huge industry right now | | | | casing not fit exactly as it did before? With a |
| and it doesn't look like it's going to let up anytime | | | | desktop, you simply open the tower, pull the hard |
| soon. A couple of things that you should be | | | | drive out and replace it. The same goes for upgrading |
| considering when buying a new computer are the | | | | any of your RAM, media drives or PCI cards. |
| cost, how easily it will be to upgrade, and the | | | | The reason that desktops are so much more reliable |
| portability. When you look over the price tags of | | | | is because they are not portable machines. The first |
| desktops and laptops, the difference is pretty | | | | laptop I ever had was bruised and battered within |
| extreme. So what are the key differences between | | | | the first year because I took it everywhere. No |
| the two? The first one being the cost is a given, but | | | | matter how careful you are, there is always a risk of |
| the computer manufactures are putting such an | | | | losing your data because you bumped against a wall |
| effort into laptop technology that they are offering | | | | and knocked the hard drive a little bit. A desktop sits |
| desktops at a huge discount. The only advantage | | | | at your house stagnant until somebody needs to use |
| that a laptop has over a desktop is portability. If you | | | | it. With a little anti-virus software, you can be sure |
| don't want the option of taking your computer | | | | that you'll never be at risk from a stupid mistake. |
| everywhere with you, then you have a great way to | | | | As mentioned before, the cost of the desktop is a |
| cut down the cost of your new investment. | | | | huge deciding factor for a lot of consumers. When |
| So, in this age of mobile networking, WiFi access and | | | | you get down to the specifications of the desktop |
| on the go computing, why would anybody want a | | | | versus a laptop that is five hundred dollars more, you |
| desktop computer? Why has a desktop computer | | | | will probably be pleasantly surprised. Typically, |
| still not lost its charm? The answer is actually pretty | | | | desktop computer specs surpass most laptop |
| simple. In the long run, they are a better machine. | | | | computers. Desktops are usually sold with bigger hard |
| Have you ever tried to replace the hard drive on a | | | | drives and more memory than laptops and come |
| laptop? Did you lose some of the screws? Did the | | | | with better software packages already installed. |