Overview
These are the pros and cons I came up with of laptops, desktops, and tablets.
tablets:
- - no maintenance except cleaning screen
- - requires wifi
- - if anything goes wrong, you lose the apps you bought and have to re-buy them from the apps store maybe.
- + small
- - no ethernet
- - security?
- + quiet
- + mountable as musical instrument
laptops:
- - $200-$800 for parts replacement
- - $200 for maintenance, like cleaning hairballs & dirt clods our of CPU cooler
- - lasts 6 years without pets
- - requires $60 laptop cooler
- - requires usb hub to protect ports
- + portable
- + has battery, some like acer timeline/timelinex can last 8-9 hours
- + great for college
- - doesn't handle drops
- - doesn't handle spills
- + has a hard disk for local storage
- + takes external hd's for backup
- + relatively quiet
desktops:
- + faster than tablet or laptop (bigger cache, higher speeds)
- - $75-$120+parts for repairs
- + more memory than laptop
- + can do own maintenance for free
- + parts can be changed out
- + cheaper to maintain than laptop
- + lasts 10 or more years if you change drives out
- - requires external monitor
- - requires usb hub to protect ports
- + if spill on keyboard, simply buy new keyboard
- + can have several hard disks for local storage
- + can have blu-ray burner
- + very expandable, more HW options
- + can use powerful speakers if you want
- + takes external or internal hd's for backup
- - not portable