You may have doubts and you do not know what to choose, if you really want a PC or a desktop computer or you prefer a laptop. The advantage of the second is quite logical and its name indicates it: it is portable, we can take it anywhere, it gives us more freedom. But there are many other reasons why a PC is better than a laptop if you don’t know which option to decide on.
Although if you want to take it anywhere there is no doubt or debate, there is if you want to use a computer almost always at home. A computer that we are not going to move from our living room, bedroom or office… In that case, a PC.
more power
We are going to get, generally, more power. It will depend on the model of one and the other, of course, but the most common is that we have much better performance and power with a PC than with a much smaller laptop. Do you only want it to browse the Internet or shop online or check your email? You don’t need this and anything will do (even a tablet) but you should take it into account if you are going to edit photos or videos, play online…
more screen
We can use a laptop with an HDMI cable to use a large screen. But it requires a bigger investment and more effort. Generally we will always have a larger screen on a PC. Laptops usually offer us about 15 inches or 17 inches in the largest cases but generally we will never have more than this. On a PC you can have screens of more than 20 inches without any problem, large, curved monitors…
more ports
Although we can multiply the ports with adapters, a PC will always offer you more. You have more USB ports, you have more HDMI ports… Also, we can add more whenever we need it and we have more flexibility. In a laptop we have limitations , even if you use an adapter or multiplier.
tailored
We can choose each piece to have our ideal computer if we use a PC, not if you have a laptop. Don’t want Wi-Fi? You don’t have to have it. You can build yours according to what you need and totally adapted to your needs or your uses. With a laptop we must look for something that fits us but we cannot choose piece by piece what we want it to have or how we want it to be.
easier repair
In the long run, fixing a laptop will cost you more. It is much more complex to replace any part in a laptop than in a PC. From the most basic, such as a keyboard error, to hard drive failure. On a PC we can open and change almost any part without being an expert. On a laptop it will be more difficult.
Easier to upgrade
Not at the software level but at the hardware level. If any piece or part of the computer becomes obsolete, it is much easier to change or upgrade it on a PC than on a laptop. If you need to change the hard drive , for example, it will be much easier to open on your desktop than on the laptop.
Cheaper
It is also cheaper to bet on a PC than on a laptop, in most cases and on equal terms. We can pay for a super slim and beautiful design on a computer that you can take anywhere but with the same features you will generally pay less for a desktop computer.
harder to steal
It’s an obvious reason , but it’s harder to steal a PC than a laptop. It is an advantage? Normally we will not buy a computer thinking that thieves will enter our house or our office and what they are going to take, but it is logical that keeping an ultraslim laptop is much easier than stealing a desktop computer. Whether in the office, at home or anywhere.
Less noise
Although it will depend on the model itself , as in other aspects of this list, a PC will usually be quieter than a laptop thanks to offering more space for fans and better cooling than a smaller device. Surely if you have a laptop you will have seen that it makes a lot of noise on some occasions or even that it overheats in certain cases.
always on
You can always leave it on without any problem. A laptop also if you configure the power settings and it is plugged in but it is not intended for this purpose and can be a problem in the long run. In the case of the desktop computer, you can leave it on at night if you want to run any program or if you want to mine cryptocurrencies while you sleep.