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Ive never owned my own deskop just several laptops, and I am planning on buying a new PC since my Dell laptop is dying. What would be the pros and cons of owning a Desktop over a laptop? I can upgrade it easier, but I cannot move it thats all I can think of. |
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What are you using it for? Desktop for home office / video editing / media center / power PC Laptop for travel / lite computing Personally, I have both. But I rarely use my laptop. I would recommend a desktop if it will remain stationary. If you need to move around, obviously that is not an option. EDIT: Here is the HP Desktop I built for you. This does not have extras (monitor, wireless, bluray, etc)
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Mostly home use I suppose, gaming and casual browsing. But doesn't a gaming desktop cost more then a gaming laptop? 1
It depends on what brand and components you buy. I would go with the desktop, but that's because I like them more than laptops. For gaming, you'll need plenty of memory, great graphics / video card, fast processor, and big monitor (if you want). With that in mind, it'd be better for a desktop. 1
I have HP for both and would not think of swapping them. Desktop is running Win7 w/ 8GB RAM and a bunch of other stats. The point is, I like HP lol Ha ha, HP alright I will take a look at that. You can check http://www.ibuypower.com/ but it gets REALLY expensive. Here is HP's high performance computers: http://tinyurl.com/hpdesktops They start around $630 www.ibuypower.com is to difficult way to many choices I need to zero into the one I'd stick with just buying a standard pc then (from HP, dell or whoever). Besides, you can always go back and customize (add / remove parts) later. :) Not sure what your price range is but that first stock pc on HP's site is $630. Not too bad. Did you ever decide which to go with? Just following up :) Oh, hahaha. Yeah I'm still looking at that website you showed me. Its so hard to pick with all those great choices. X.X Well that's a pretty good problem to have ;) Just don't go over budget and remember, you can always go back and add components later. Good luck! Let me know what you choose! I wouldn't mind having some help on choices. :D I can't believe how many choices there are... Chassis, and such 2000$ budget ;) I added the one I built for you into my original answer. You might have Ctrl + about 4 times to see it clearly. Wow nice, Heres a noob question for you. Where can I get some parts eventually. X.X Im very scared of buying parts that don't fit. >__> Well it depends on what you want to upgrade. Amazon has a lot a parts for a reasonable price. Also, NewEgg or any tech site. That one I built above has 6GB of RAM which should be plenty. BUT if you ever wanted to upgrade to 8GB, you can simply buy the replacement sticks and pop them in yourself. How often or how likely will I buy parts that won't fit... Well, chances are you won't upgrade anything. IF you do, you can look up ahead of time what works with what. Plus, you have a whole community here to help! Like I said though, I don't imagine you ever having to upgrade unless you really want to do so. I just put new RAM in mine but that's it. You wouldn't even have to do that. I might, just to give me that little advantage when I game. I also will do things like record games and such. Thank you for the set up though. :D No problem. Just let me know how it turns out! Did you ever get a new computer? I'm waiting for the holiday season you know me. Trying to get a deal. ;) I hear ya! I'll keep an eye out for deals. Hahah yeah tell me if you find anything good! Ok, Yuma, time to check back. Being Black Friday and all, did you find anything good? I know Dell and Apple both had sales today. Hahahah I should of seen this coming! I apologize, but its almost rent time and I just bought myself an iPhone 4... Hahahah if you must know my laptop is falling apart the T key fell off and the shift is broken! you could always buy a cheap $5 external keyboard in the meantime That's a really good idea... Sadly I didn't think of that for all this time. xD Hey come on, what's more important: rent or a new computer? lol. Tim makes a great point. If the keyboard is the only thing hindering your performance, just get a cheap external one that plugs in via USB. Enjoy your new iPhone 4! our you could buy a new official internal keyboard. May cost a bit more, but keeps it looking good.
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For power, I would say go with desktop. Its easier and cheaper to upgrade. If you want portability, of course stick with a laptop. Depends on what you want to do with it. |
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Well with desktops its much more modifiable and it's fun to look for new parts such as system cases, Graphics card, hard drivers, RAM(memory) and processors etc... Also I like to be connected to the internet via Ethernet cable. |
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Like others have said, It depends upon your needs. If you travel extensively, Obviously, A laptop would the one to buy. If you can afford it & travel a fair amount, Get both. Now, If your not interested in high end things such as gaming & such, You could just buy a reasonably priced laptop & buy a external monitor & a separate keyboard for home use so you don’t have to be near the whole laptop. |
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As a lot of the answers above say...simply PC = Power while a Laptop = Basic computing (unless you purchase a high power laptop) |
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I have both and each have advantages. I spend a lot of time at home working on my computer so I purchased a Mac Mini a few months ago. It's great for what I want it to do as I have a nice 19 inch screen connected to it. If I go out it's really useful to have my laptop with me as I like to check social networking sites and e-mail. As others have said it really depends on what you need the computer for. |
