what are the advantages and disadvantages of stand-alone and networked computers?

Answer 1

In a network, all the pc's can be connected to a server. The server can store programs and huge amounts of information, and all the workstations can access these. So its easier to share information.
The problem is that its also easier to pass around a virus, so security on a network is vital. And the people who use it need to be trained so they don't overide the security.
Also, if the server is down, everyone that connects to the server is affected.
A stand alone is safer, but may not be as suitable for an office. Information has to be physically moved from one pc to another and its harder to keep files updated or organise information.
It depends what you want to use it for.

Answer 2

A stand-alone computer is much cheaper than more than a local area network, and if it isn't connected to the internet it is much less likely to be infected by a virus. There is no way it is going to be hacked remotely. Be careful, however as you should still scan all disks, or other external memory devices before retrieving information.

Everyone knows the benefits of being connected to the network that is the world wide web, but if you have more than one computer in the house there are advantages to connecting them as a LAN. You can share internet access, files, printers or what ever other features attached to one of the computers.

For example if you have a computer in your bedroom with a dvd drive and it's networked to a computer in your living room which only has a cd drive, you can configure the network so you can play dvd's and watch the movie at the remote computer.

You can also play games across a network and you will find considerable less lag across a local area network (LAN) than if you were playing across the network, even over broadband, at the minute anyway.

Answer 3

The advantage of a stand alone computer is that since each of them work independently, the break down of one will not affect the other. The disadvantage is that there will be no access to information sharing.

for the the networked computers, there is sharing of informations

Answer 4

Disadvantages Of Standalone Computers