- Portability - The main reason to choose a laptop or notebook computer is portability - the need to take your entire computer From one place to another. If you don't need portability, then you should probably buy a desktop.
- Expense - Laptop computers cost almost twice as much as comparably equipped desktops. If you need to have a computer in just two separate places, you would be better off with two desktops. Moreover, if they were reasonably close together you could link them together in a wired or wireless local area network (LAN).
- Speed - Laptops are 10-30% slower than a desktop with the same features (, hard drive capacity etc.). Slower CPUs, motherboards, hard drives, and video systems they all add to the speed loss.
-Upgradeability - Laptop computers are mostly non-upgradeable. Whatever , video card (built into the motherboard), sound card (also built-in), and screen, that come with the laptop are the same parts the laptop will end with. Although it is possible to upgrade and removable drives, the upgrades can cost three times as much as a desktop's. Upgrades using PC cards or docking stations are also very pricy.
- Installed Memory- Almost as pressing as hard drive capacity is how much system memory, or RAM you need in your laptop. determines the number of applications you can run at once, let alone the ability of coping with just one memory-consuming application.
- Batteries- Lithium are superior to other kinds.
- Hard Drives- 20 GB minimum. As in real life, though, larger is better.
