Laptops vs. Desktops

Bonskibon · Post by **Bonskibon** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:29 pm

Are laptops slower in general than desktop pcs with the same hardware? Is it because of the LCD screen? Just wondering cuz I have both with the same cpu and ram, but the laptop seems much slower than the desktop.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:43 pm

Yes, things generally run a bit slower, components aren't pushed as hard, they have energy conservation to worry about, and heat considerations. Overall, the design of all components, from the CPU, to the motherboard, to the HD, etc etc, reflects this.

MagicMikey · Post by **MagicMikey** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:44 pm

If you use the same hardware that's in your laptop and you make a desktop computer, you'd end up with a laptop. The components are specially built smaller in the laptop....

Sorry for not really answering your question but it's just to let you know that it's not the same hardware...

Bonskibon · Post by **Bonskibon** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:50 pm

I meant the same cpu speed and amount of ram. They are different hardware.

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:52 pm

sutimes the CPU is diffrent, and the ram is diffrent, dont really know if they are slower, but they are there for energy conservation and less heat givien off..

MagicMikey · Post by **MagicMikey** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:52 pm

Ya, so how can you match them up against each other, one will obivously be faster than the other.....

and in this case, the bigger the better...

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 5:27 pm

so how can you match them up against each other

There is no comparison , the hardware is totaly diferent , the hard drives is diferent too .

But keep in mind that also responsible about the general speed of every laptop , is the software and the drivers and the generall support of the manufactore .

MAmuT · Post by **MAmuT** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 9:00 pm

i have a laptop and its faster than my desktop look at my signature and you can see the specifications

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Dec 11, 2001 9:10 pm

Laptops usually have slower spinning hard drives

like 5400 and sometimes lower

Now im not sure about top of the line notebooks, but I don't think i've ever seen one with a 7200rpm drive, the drives are micro drives and very small, and i dont think they can spin that fast yet

so hard drive speed is one thing that makes laptops slower then desktops

as the other people said here the way the thing is designed from the ground up is designed for less heat and smallness and less power usage, therefore sometimes speed is sacraficed....