Types of computer

Types of computer

1. PC/desktop computers

   • Advantages: spare parts and connections tend to be standardised, which ussualy results in lower costs.
   • Disadvantages: at it is not portable it is necessary to separate its components if you want to move it to another place.

2. Laptop computers

   • Advantages: they are portable so one can take them anywhere as the monitor, the pointing device, the keyboard, the processor and the backup store units are all together in a single unit.
   • Disadvantages: since they are easily portable, they are also easier to steal.

3. Tablets

   • Advantages: is very fast to switch on. Don´t generate any heat, they use solid state techonology
   • Disadvantages: they often have limited memory. They have less storage capacity because they use SSD hard drives or MMC memories limited by their consumption.

4. Smartphones

   • Disadvantages: as the screen is samll it is more difficult to read and write it becomes slower and more complicted
   • Advantages: as they are small they are easy to transport and you can have it with you at all times

5. Smartwatches

   • Disadvantages: smartwatches are relatively large and bulky so that display can show the apps.
   • Advantages: they are easy to use for monitoring.

6. Mainframe Computers

   • Disadvantages: such computers have not good user interface (icons and wallpapers) as found in desktop computers and they are not meant for general use.
   • Advantages: due to the special operating system used in this system, the software, and hardware work nicely with each other and give reliable, efficient and effective results

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