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here are the pros and the cons of owning a laptop
Laptop Pro's:
- They come complete and ready out of the box
- Low power consumption
- Built-in screen (or video card that allows at least VGA out, sometimes S-video or composite too)
- Small in size
- Easilly powered and have internal battery for standby needs
- Shock-resistand hard drives
- Easy to add hardware
- Easy to remove the whole system
- Less worrying about overheating
- Portable (Can be used any where at anytime)
- Easy to take with you when your on vacation or anywhere.
- With wireless access they can be used anywhere even down the road while on a long trip
Laptop Cons
- Hard to fix, rare spare parts (although not so with modern laptops)
- Won't let you do major upgrades like CPU or video card (let's face it, is that even a factor when chosing your system?)
- Easier to steal
- Usually inferior sound/video cards (but personally I hardly feel any difference)
Let's say you're on a budget. You need a simple system to play your music and do some GPS navigating. Do you chose to spend time and educate yourself on the ins and outs of building, powering and setting up a desktop (or those mini board things) or would you buy a cheap Pentium III laptop for $250? I'd chose the latter, so much easier.
One more thing you're forgetting. Tablet PCs have even bigger advantage:
- Small size
- Built-in touchscreen
- Same advantages as a laptop
Tablets are so easy to install and use, they are small enough that you don't even have to remove the housing, just use the whole thing as your screen. Or if you want to fabricate it into your dash, nothing is easier! OK, higher end tablets are expensive. But if you're like me, and don't need to watch DVDs or play Half Life 2 in your car, then you can easilly afford $300 on a Pentium II tablet, it will do most things you need.
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