Holiday season is coming fast with lots of deals for desktops and Laptops , one is faced with questions whether to buy a desktop or Laptop . Here are the top 10 reasons you can think for in favor of buying a Desktop PC .
1. You have space available to put desktop.
Desktop needs some space to put the main cpu unit , keyborad , mouse and monitor and if you have that much space available in some room or in corner with a desk than you are fine .
2. You like to work in a defined work area with less distraction .
You want to do you office or business work in a formal setting so that you can concentrate and easily access your books , notes ,CD etc , desktop is the solution for you to setup a permant place to work .
3. You want your kids to play or study in a defined araea .
Sometimes Kids may wants to play or study on the computer and you can provide them a proper environment where they can work or play on computer without disturbing entire household .
4. You want to reduce risk of spoiling your computer with coffee or water or other liquids .
Generally Desktops are protected by a hard cover and only thing exposed to your Tea , coffee or Soda is the keyboard or mouse . in worst case if you drop your drink on the table , chances are it will only impact keyboard which can be easily replaced if it goes bad . Your main computer will remain safe from damage .
5. You don’t want to spend almost double amount on a Laptop.
Prices of desktop are comparatively cheaper than a laptop so if you want to save some money and willing to sacrifies the mobility you should buy a Desktop.
6. You can easily upgrade your desktop later – hdd , dvd burner , ext hdd
Desktop being housed in a bigger box it is often easier and cheaper to upgrade by installing the memory , disk etc inside the computer or adding disk , dvd/cd burner externally .
7. You want to avoid high cost of repair later.
Cost of repairing a desktop may be lower as often you can buy a failed card or disk from different vendors and install it by your self . Laptop being a compact unit is difficult to rerair by yourself and its components also costs more.
8. You want to avoid physical damage to the computer.
A Desktop tucked under your table had very rare chances of a physical damage until unless you decide to unplug it and throw it out of the window .
9. You want to use it as a family computer to be used by memebers of the house .
Desktop being located at a fixed spot everyone in the family can sit and work there without disturbing others .
10.You are not comfortable working on Laptop keyboard .
Some people are not comfortable working on small laptop keyborad for long time and this can be one of the factor as to why you may want to buy a desktop .
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Thanks for putting this together , I am planning to buy a computer and this article will help me to make my decision now .
~James