If you're having to decide between a Laptop vs PC Repair, perhaps the following thoughts will help. It all depends, of course, on what you want to do with your computer. If it's used for applications that need lots of memory or bigger, high quality screens, then your decision is probably made for you.
On the other hand, if you'd find it useful to be able to move your computer from room to room, or take it to work with you, then again, your choice is straightforward. The decision becomes a little harder when you fall into that middle ground, where, say, you use fairly memory-hungry applications, but you'd find it handy to use it in different places now and then.
So, let's assume you've been using your PC in a static location and it's suddenly developed a fault. Maybe something you downloaded sent it haywire, or you knocked the box and your hard drive stopped working. No matter, it's bust and something has to be done about it.
Now, you've been using this PC for some time and presumably you had no problem with its positioning. So, if it had not gone wrong, you'd still be using it there, right? So, consider the cost of a portable to replace it and work out what you could get for that amount if the PC is repaired and you use the difference to upgrade it. Chances are you'd get a much higher specification PC, plus you don't have to dump it.
Then again, perhaps while you've tolerated the fixed location PC, you'd have really preferred to move it around and this seems like a good opportunity to go for a portable and write off the PC. Now, bear in mind that whatever your PC is like, you won't get much for it. It's obviously out of warranty, so it's old, as PC's go. Of course, if the software can be (legally) re-used, then that may be tempting.
Another consideration is the lifetime of each option. Suppose you have your PC repaired and upgraded, what potential is there for future upgrades, or have you reached the limit? Unlikely with a PC, but with laptops, future upgrades are fairly limited in scope to memory and hard drive.
If the laptop's your choice, does the battery capacity, and even the battery's expected lifetime, matter to you? Possibly not, because many people use their laptops plugged into the power socket (reducing the battery's life, of course, but they don't care).
You also need to think about connectivity. You may have been using your PC plugged in to a cable modem via an Ethernet cable, in which case wireless didn't enter into it. Well, once you start using a portable machine, you'll definitely want to use a wireless connection around the house, so that could mean you'll have to buy a wireless router.
So, you have to consider the trade off between the higher power, quality and upgrade capability of the PC versus the convenience of the laptop's portability, both within and outside the house.
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