>1 reason...price.
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>If you have a desktop and a laptop that have the same amount of memory, same processor, and same drive speed (7200 rpm), the laptop will almost always cost more.
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>And even if the machines are otherwise the same, but the laptop has the "standard" less expensive 5400 rpm drive, the laptop will still probably be faster.
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>Just generally speaking, if you have a desktop for $600, trying to get the same specs in a laptop will usually run a few hundred more.
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>The person I'm trying to help is a student on a limited budget, but wants to run the database tools that I've been teaching.
I probably didn't factor all the variables when comparing the prices.
As far as low prices, you might want to look into CompUSA. I get their ad emails mostly advertising notebooks (at some very low prices). Maybe they have the same low prices for desktops too. Here, in Massachusetts, we no longer have their stores; only on-line orders. But maybe they still have stores in your state.
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