Which is a Better Value for My Dollar? Laptop or Desktop

With the economy being so bad these days, we have to have this talk. If you are talking just about just money, then you always get more bang for your buck with a desktop. With the rise of smart phones, more and more folks are opting for a desktop instead of a laptop - especially those folks who are not traveling a lot.

Here's why desktops are a better value for your dollar:

• Laptops sustain damage due to being dropped and left in cars.
• At 10,000 hours laptop backlights tend to go out. At 40 hours/week that is less than five years.(Which is past the time to replace a laptop anyways, but lots of folks like to hang onto their laptops way past replacement time.) At that point you have to hook your laptop to an external monitor or pay someone 200$ to replace it.
• Laptops are stolen and forgotten in public places.
• The parts are cheaper in desktops and the labor to install them is cheaper. Electronic parts always give and the components are cheaper in a desktop. Also, they are not proprietary usually except in a few models of PCs. (Of course, Apples are proprietary.The technology to make vary small parts in a laptop is pricier. Most parts can be replaced under 100$ in a desktop, but few can be replaced for under 100$ in a laptop. 

So you can see that desktops are a better value. My company president made the transition to a desktop. Technology professionals respect that decision as a wise business decision, but a desktop isn't for everyone. People on the go may need a laptop because their office changes day to day.