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THE COMPARISONS AND CONTRAST BETWEEN LAPTOP AND DESKTOP

A desktop computer is a personal computer (PC) in a form intended for regular use at a single location,as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer. Prior to the widespread use of microprocessors, a computer that could fit on a desk was considered remarkably small. Most modern desktop computers have separate screens and keyboards compared to laptops which consist of various types of advanced facilities in it.

Laptops are said to be far more popular and preferable for people nowadays compared to desktops. From the aspect of mobility, desktops couldn’t be brought to other places than its original place due to its supporting equipments that are huge and heavy while laptops which do not consist all these equipments can easily be brought anywhere at anytime. Moreover, laptops are lighter than desktops.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, laptops are more popular and preferable by the community today. Besides, today the costs of laptops are less expensive compared to desktops. Other than that, there are computer fairs held in some places which the purchasers of laptops will gain discounts for their purchases.

Those days the teachers and lecturers did their teachings manually by assigning their students with homework directly to them and the students would complete their assignments given manually too. Today, the teachers and lecturers are teaching through computers. Thus, students today are assigned with homework through E-mails and blogs. Furthermore, studying through laptops or computers are more beneficial than studying manually as it will enhance the users knowledge in this upcoming era.

So, it is very clear that laptops are more beneficial than desktops. Therefore, everyone including students and teachers should own a laptop to make life easier and valuable.

HANI KHAIRUL AZMAN (106304)

NOR SALINAH MOHAMED IBRAHIM (106260)