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The Ultimate Unbiased Laptop and PC Buying Guide
Ok, without a doubt, the most often question I get asked is "Which PC/Laptop should I get?" The answer depends somewhat on your needs. Let's take a look at laptops first.
A laptop offers lots of conveniences and with prices as low as they are now, it is tempting to choose a laptop over a standard PC regardless of other factors. However, this is not always the best choice. First of all, the life expectancy of a laptop is about 3-4 years, tops, where a good PC can last 5-6 years. Seconds, almost any repair on a laptop will run you $200.00 and possibly require sending the unit back to the manufacturer for as long as 2 weeks. Laptops have one very big disadvantage which is heat disbursement. The very design of the laptop makes it extremely difficult to get rid of the heat build up during use. Heat is the number one killer of most electronic devices. The second disadvantage of a laptop is speed. Sure, the modern mobile CPU rivals the desktop for processor speed, but that is only one component that effects the overall performance of the computer. A bigger issue is the hard drive. All of the programs and data must be transferred from the hard drive to the computers RAM in order to function. Obviously, the time it takes to access that data and move it to faster RAM will have a direct impact on the computers performance. Most laptop hard drives operate at 5400 RPM. Some of the cheaper models run even slower, at 4800 RMP. The average desktop drive, on the other hand, runs at 7200 RPM. The faster the drive spins, the faster it can locate and move the data. There is a significant performance loss at 5400 RPM than 7200 RPM, but is it enough to worry about?
The performance issue is only a problem if what you want to do will be heavily access the hard drive. For basic email/web-surfing, and general word processing type tasks, you will hardly notice this difference.
A laptop offers lots of conveniences and with prices as low as they are now, it is tempting to choose a laptop over a standard PC regardless of other factors. However, this is not always the best choice. First of all, the life expectancy of a laptop is about 3-4 years, tops, where a good PC can last 5-6 years. Seconds, almost any repair on a laptop will run you $200.00 and possibly require sending the unit back to the manufacturer for as long as 2 weeks. Laptops have one very big disadvantage which is heat disbursement. The very design of the laptop makes it extremely difficult to get rid of the heat build up during use. Heat is the number one killer of most electronic devices. The second disadvantage of a laptop is speed. Sure, the modern mobile CPU rivals the desktop for processor speed, but that is only one component that effects the overall performance of the computer. A bigger issue is the hard drive. All of the programs and data must be transferred from the hard drive to the computers RAM in order to function. Obviously, the time it takes to access that data and move it to faster RAM will have a direct impact on the computers performance. Most laptop hard drives operate at 5400 RPM. Some of the cheaper models run even slower, at 4800 RMP. The average desktop drive, on the other hand, runs at 7200 RPM. The faster the drive spins, the faster it can locate and move the data. There is a significant performance loss at 5400 RPM than 7200 RPM, but is it enough to worry about?
The performance issue is only a problem if what you want to do will be heavily access the hard drive. For basic email/web-surfing, and general word processing type tasks, you will hardly notice this difference.
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