November 1, 2007
Larger & Faster Hard Disks for Notebooks. Buy Notebooks - Not PCs
I was looking at some prices for a notebook last week and the largest hard disk I found was 100GB. This is pretty big, but when I think that I only have 8GB of hard disk space left on my Lenovo notebook, it's not that much.
Two of my home desk top computers, which I recently ordered from Dell have 200GB hard disks.
I was happy to read in Computer World that Western Digital is rolling out 320 GB Hard Disks.
These hard disks are not only larger than what's found on many existing notebooks but they are also faster.
I was speaking with an industry executive yesterday and in our wide ranging conversation, after observing his wonderful Mac notebook, he suggested that there's no reason for businesses to even buy desktop computers any more - I agree.
Small businesses should invest in powerful notebook computers for their businesses. If needed they can use larger LCDs and docking stations. What's nice about using notebooks, especially if you standardize, is that you can easily swap out components from one notebook to another. If your hard disk crashes, for example, just pop it out and put another one in. Simple.
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Comments
#1 posted by Fish, December 10, 2007 10:51 AM
DATE: 11/07/2007 3:38 PM
I would not hesitate to say that the number of businesses that would benefit from laptops over desktops is growing, but its still not the best choice for many.
First of all, notebooks are still more expensive than desktops. Admittedly, the price is going down, but especially if you tack on a nice big LCD monitor and a docking station, you're going to pay more for a laptop than a similarly capable desktop.
Secondly, your statement that "What's nice about using notebooks...is that you can easily swap out components from one notebook to another" is not really wrong, but if there's anything easier than working on a laptop (and depeding on the model laptop it can really vary) is working on a desktop. And yes, hard drives and RAM can be swapped between notebooks fairly easily, but how about a motherboard or a processor? These things are pretty easy to a moderately confident user on a desktop but much more difficult on a notebook.
If a user never works out of the office (on the road or at home) or a user shares a workstation with another user, then why do they need a mobile computer?
I don't run a small business, but I do work as tech support for one, and an IT consultant for many. The company I work for is indeed moving towards mostly laptops, but that's because nearly all of our users have reason to travel to customer's sites with their computers. Otherwise we'd love to save the money and buy high-end CAD desktops insted of high-end CAD laptops.
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