is there any difference between laptops and desktops in performance and reliability wise?

Question

tell me the best brand(company) to buy a laptop

Answer 1

It depends on an individuals need. None of us here will be able to say whether you should have a laptop or a desktop.
It obviously doesn't make sense to carry around a desktop where ever to go.
Both are almost equally priced but what you should understand is that a laptops battery has a life of approximately one and a half to two years and replacing batteries are expensive. Also laptops are more delicate compared to a desktop.
First make a proper decision before to take the plunge.
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Answer 2

A main difference to keep in mind is that, overheating is endemic to laptops. The reason is (and, if you think about it, it's obvious...) the fan, for ventillation, is on the bottom, where the laptop rests...that's it! Purdy peeuuuny plan there!

Some laptops are well prepared for this by not running too hot.

Some are prepared by having excellent fans and purdy good "feet" for elevation of those fans - plenty of space there.

Some laptop users don't run their laptops long enough to be concerned.

Some laptop users run their laptops with either a laptop board with holes, or a purchased laptop board that plugs to a USB or external power source that assists in ventillation.

I say all this out of personal experience. My HP overheated twice in its first year. Once just a memory chip boiled over. The second time, I lost a memory chip, the CPU, the fan, and a hard drive! Both times, I had to re-install the OS, all software, and all personal data from backup...a three-day boring drudge. Bleah.

Answer 3

From my experience, desktops and laptops are about as reliable as eachother. A laptop that is equal to a desktop in performance will cost more, due to it costing more to make a laptop due to the size. As long as you are good to the laptop and dont drop it a lot, it should last as long as a desktop of equal specs.

I personally like Gateway and always have. I have never had a problem with them. But as of right now, HP and Dell and the number one and two spots respectively. Then Acer and then Gateway. But Acer is buying Gateway.

Answer 4

Yes.

Typically laptops sacrifice performance and graphics for portability. This is because a laptop does not have very much room inside of it for cold air to flow. Without a lot of airflow, computer parts that are giving high perfomance will get too hot and shut down. So generally speaking, laptop manufacturer's will put upper-middle-grade parts into the laptops so as to ensure that it doesn't over heat.

You can liken this to the engine in your car. If you're in your front yard, you can rev your engine untill you run out of gas. But if you put your car in a small, air tight room, pretty soon the whole room will be too hot and you'll damage your engine by revving it.

The same holds true with computers. A good desktop usually ranges from 1.8 to 2.6 Ghz (which is my experience of average home computers, nothing really speacile to them) and gaming desktops can run all the way up to around 3.6 Ghz. Laptops on the other hand rarely get over 2 Ghz because if they did, they stand a higher chance of over heating.

As far as reliabiltiy, it depends on the ammount of care taken. Desktops are sort of "Rough and Tumble" in the since that you can break your monitor or keyboard and just replace them cheaply. But if you damage either on a laptop, it will be an expensive fix, plus you'll have to have a computer technician, such as myself, install the new parts for you.

So if you're looking for the best performance and reliability you can get, then you'll want to find a nice laptop, save up enough money to afford it, and then go spend that money on a desktop computer. Sounds wierd, I know, but you'll end up getting a computer about 3 times better than the laptop at the same price.

As far as brands... As a computer technician I know I end up repairing tons of compaqs and gateways. If you're looking for the best laptop brand I would reccomend HP, but if you're looking for an awesome desktop (that is both affordable to buy and repair) I suggest a Dell. Dell laptops are good too, but unfortunately they tend to be a little fragile. The one downside to the HP laptops is price. They are expensive to buy and ridiculously expensive to fix (I've reccomended to cusomters to spend $200 more than it would cost to repair their HP laptops, and just get a new one - the parts are not cheap).

Answer 5

It depends on what you wanna do with your computer. If you're kind of person who uses his computer just in the house, obviously desktop is much better than laptop. you can upgrade your desktop very easy, and they are more reliable. My favorite brands are hp, and dell for desktops, and for laptop toshiba is the best.

Answer 6

Desktops are much easier and MUCH less expensive to upgrade and work on. Just think, a laptop has all of its hardware stuffed in that cramped space. Carrying it around it gets bumped, dropped, abused.

HP's are good. If you get a desktop, get one with Windows XP. I would stay away from Vista, to many compatability issues.

Answer 7

there is mini difference between laptops and desktop
we can carry laptop anywhere but not desktop.
and laptop is faster than desktop.

Answer 8

ther is not a lot of difference'
laptop are to be purchased keeping in mind the usage. and the user. anyhow if in general u want a laptop with most of the facilities than it is acer 5052 cheap and best

Answer 9

No, the only basic differences would of course be component size. The only real difference I could see is maybe heat becoming an issue and that effecting speeds. But other than that no, there is no difference.

Answer 10

yes, desktops are faster and more reliable. for laptops dell and hp are great.