Desktop PCs – Still A Viable Option?

Up until recent advances in wireless technology, desktop PCs far outsold laptops almost 3 to 1. Now, between laptops, netbooks and smart phones, the numbers have dropped and now roughly only half the computers sold today, business and personal, are desktop units.

For those who have learned to prefer laptops, they love the fact that laptops can go anywhere with the right wireless setup, and work for hours on end without additional power supplies. Many laptop batteries can last over four hours. With desktops, if the power goes out, you lose your computer.

In situations where a storm is approaching and power may flicker on and off, this won\’t harm a laptop if it\’s on a wireless connection. The laptop stays on. A desktop computer can be damaged! Even with surge protectors, all they do is protect against power surges. Power that flickers on and off can still harm a desktop computer by quickly turning it on or off.

Desktops have really come down in price over the past few years. Only a few years ago, a Dell desktop with 1 gig of RAM and a 200 gig hard drive was over $1,000. Today\’s equivalent is a 3 gig system with a 350 gig hard drive of under $800.

If you like to work on the run, a desk top is not going to help you. You\’ll need a laptop with identical files, or at least a flash drive that has the information you need to carry with you. There are also sites and software that allow you to work on one computer while using another.

They say desktops last longer, and they might. But do you really want or need to be constrained to using your computer in one place all the time? You can have equal or greater functionality for the same price, or less, and the ability to move around if you use a laptop instead.

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