by Ric Montgomery
Computers are by far the best invention of the 20th century and remarkable improvements have already been made to them in the first decade of the 21st century. They used to be big when they were first invented but now a computer can be easily kept safe in a medium size pocket. The world has changed dramatically in recent years and it is not feasible for anyone to stay at one place and work on the desktop model for any length of time. The portability of laptops has made them the most obvious choice of professionals.
Here are a few advantages of a laptop computer over a desktop model.
Mobility
The greatest advantage is that you do not have to sit at your home or office and worry about finishing your work. You can take these portable machines with you anywhere you want and will never miss out on the fun.
There is a tendency to mistake data for wisdom, just as there has always been a tendency to confuse logic with values, intelligence with insight. Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead. Facts are terrible things if left sprawling and unattended. They are too easily regarded as evaluated certainties rather than as the rawest of raw materials crying to be processed into the texture of logic. It requires a very unusual mind, Whitehead said, to undertake the analysis of a fact. The computer can provide a correct number, but it may be an irrelevant number until judgment is pronounced.
—Norman Cousins (1912–1990)
Freedom from Wires
Can you count the number of wires that go into and come out of a desktop computer? A laptop computer does not need a single wire and can run all the multimedia applications like speakers, microphone and webcam.
Compact Size
You can use the table you built for your desktop computer for some other purpose as a laptop requires as much space as a book does and delivers the same performance as a desktop PC.
Power Supply Problems Solved
What, then, is the basic difference between today’s computer and an intelligent being? It is that the computer can be made to see but not to perceive. What matters here is not that the computer is without consciousness but that thus far it is incapable of the spontaneous grasp of pattern—a capacity essential to perception and intelligence.
—Rudolf Arnheim (b. 1904)
If power supply is a problem in your area and you experience power failures every now and then that hinder your work at a desktop computer, then laptops are the ultimate solution to your problem. You can charge the battery of a laptop once and can work for hours without fear of power failures.
Improved Efficiency
Laptops are built for ease of use and they increase your work speed as well. Most laptops have touch- ready operating systems installed on them. You just press the power button and the system is ready for use. You do need to 'shut down' or 'hibernate' your laptop computer if you want to take a break for a short time. You can merely close the lid and the laptop will go in 'sleep' mode and will be ready to use as soon as you open the lid.
These are some of the major advantages a laptop computer has over a desktop model and these advantages make these computers the inevitable choice for consumers.