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Laptops pros and cons:

Pros - it saves space, it has no wires, it has a battery in case of blackout, it's possible to move all around your home.

Cons - if keyboard or touchpad are broken, you can't easily replace them and need to bring it to a technician.

Soon I will need a new computer. Anybody knows any good brand that has long lasting keyboard and touchpad? Otherwise I'm forced to buy a desktop computer, because I can't afford to change computers often.

Laptops pros and cons: Pros - it saves space, it has no wires, it has a battery in case of blackout, it's possible to move all around your home. Cons - if keyboard or touchpad are broken, you can't easily replace them and need to bring it to a technician. Soon I will need a new computer. Anybody knows any good brand that has long lasting keyboard and touchpad? Otherwise I'm forced to buy a desktop computer, because I can't afford to change computers often.

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[–] [deleted] • 0 pt (edited )

Cons

  • Laptops are at least 50-100% more expensive than a desktop
  • Always-on bluetooth, wifi, NFC, etc. You cannot stop a knowledgable hacker from compromising your laptop (only a handful of laptops have hardware kill switches for network cards, these laptops usually suck and are over priced)
  • Always-on camera pointed at your face the entire time you're using the device
  • Hardware replacements are extreemely difficult in relative comparison to a desktop. This assumes you can find the parts you need.
  • Most new laptops don't let you remove the battery. Have fun buying a new laptop once your battery craps out in 1 year.
  • Less powerful than a desktop for the same price.
  • Adding even more EMR (electro-magnetic radiation) into your life as the laptop is always blasting out wireless signals
  • Easier for the manufacturer to backdoor your hardware (re: vault7)

Pros

  • You can move it around more easily.
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Laptops also use a great deal less power which can be relevant, for instance, if he's worried about powering through a power outage.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Indeed. I see a laptop as a tool for such occasions. Not as a daily driver.