If we have a comparison between a desktop computer and a laptop then we come to know that laptops have number of benefits as compared to the desktop computer. As desktop is designed to be placed at one place and anyone who want to use it, just go and switch it on and do his work but in contrast laptop is designed by keeping in mind that if someone wants to go somewhere and he wants to use his computer at that spot then he can do it easily. So, you can also say that laptop is another name of portable computers.

A desktop computer consists of a monitor, CPU, keyboard and mouse and without all these equipments; a desktop pc is just like a useless machine. And if we compare all these things with laptop then a laptop is a complete indulged machine, all the equipments and included in that box in such a way that they would no possess a weight and as well as they would be easier to move.

So, in simple words you can say a laptop is a complete portable computer that is easier to move with it at anywhere and no special treatment is needed for its functioning. If we compare the price factor then desktop computers taken the lead here as laptops are costly as compared to the desktop computers but now-a-days many kinds of cheap laptops are also available so that in the price of a desktop computer you can get a laptop.