All-in-One Computers

When choosing a computer, many people feel torn between sleek, expensive laptops or powerful desktops that need extra space. In reality, all-in-one computers offer a happy medium: compact, visually pleasing packages that still boast the power and convenient screen sizes of desktops. Also, an all-in-one PC will generally cost less than a laptop with comparable specifications. If portability is still essential to you, you might consider an all-in-one desktop with a touch screen that’s designed to also function as a very large tablet.

If this sort of go-anywhere versatility sounds good to you, you’ll want a Windows model, such as an HP all-in-one computer. If touch screens aren’t important to you, Mac OS is widely considered to be one of the most user-friendly and intuitive operating systems and it syncs up seamlessly with your iPhone and iPad.

If you’ll be storing a lot of files on your all-in-one desktop, you’ll want to carefully consider how big you’ll need the hard drive to be. If you mostly surf the web and use small-sized files like documents and spreadsheets, you may not need much space. People who save lots of music and movies or who do a good deal of photo and video editing, however, will want to consider an all-in-one computer with a larger hard drive capacity.

As for the type of hard drives available, you have a choice between traditional disk drives and solid state drives for your all-in-one desktop. Solid state drives provide fast performance and quick access to stored files. Disk-based drives still give good performance and are less expensive than solid-state drives.