Editing Laptop (section)

===Advantages over desktop computers===
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*'''Portability''' - Laptops are highly portable compared to desktop PCs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Should I buy a laptop or desktop? |publisher=IT Division&nbsp;– the University of Wisconsin |date=19 March 2008 |url=http://kb.wisc.edu/showroom/page.php?id=3044 |access-date=27 November 2008 |archive-date=22 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120928/http://kb.wisc.edu/showroom/page.php?id=3044 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Physical portability allows a laptop to be used in many places—not only at home and the office but also during commuting and flights, in coffee shops, in lecture halls and libraries, at clients' locations or a meeting room, etc. Within a home, portability enables laptop users to move their devices from room to room. Portability offers several distinct advantages:
* '''Productivity''': Using a laptop in places where a desktop PC cannot be used can help employees and students to increase their productivity on work or school tasks, such as an office worker reading their work e-mails during an hour-long commute by train, or a student doing their homework at the university coffee shop during a break between lectures, for example.
* '''Up-to-date information''': Using a single laptop prevents fragmentation of files across multiple PCs as the files exist in a single location and are always up-to-date.
* '''Connectivity''': A key advantage of laptops is that they almost always have integrated connectivity features such as [[Wi-Fi]] and [[Bluetooth]], and sometimes connection to [[cellular networks]] either through native integration or use of a [[Hotspot (Wi-Fi)|hotspot]].  Wi-Fi networks and laptop programs are especially widespread at university campuses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Faster Wi-Fi Predicted for Colleges |newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education |author=Josh Fischman |date=7 August 2008 |url=http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3226/faster-wifi-predicted-for-colleges |access-date=27 November 2008 }}</ref>

Other advantages of laptops:
* '''Size''': Laptops are smaller than desktop PCs. This is beneficial when space is at a premium, for example in small apartments and student dorms. When not in use, a laptop can be closed and put away in a desk drawer.
* '''Low power consumption''': Laptops are several times more power-efficient than desktops. A typical laptop uses 10–100 W, compared to 200–800W for desktops. This could be particularly beneficial for large businesses, which run hundreds of personal computers thus economies of scale, and homes where there is a computer running 24/7 (such as a home media server, print server, etc.).
* '''Quiet''': Laptops are typically much quieter than desktops, due both to the components (often silent [[solid-state drives]] replacing hard drives) and to less heat production leading to the use of fewer, sometimes no cooling fans. The latter has given rise to laptops that have no moving parts, resulting in complete silence during use.
* '''Battery''': a charged laptop can continue to be used in case of a power outage and is not affected by short power interruptions and blackouts, an issue that is present with desktop PCs.
* '''All-in-One''': designed to be portable, most modern laptops have all components integrated into the chassis. For desktops (excluding all-in-ones) this is usually divided into the desktop "tower" (the unit with the CPU, hard drive, power supply, etc.), keyboard, mouse, display screen, and optional peripherals such as speakers.