Laptops are better than TVs

With formalities out of the way, let us proceed. BEFORE ANY READS ON, TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING: I understand that many have already formulated their opinion on this case (and I respect all of your opinions), but I ask that you vote based on who provided better arguments rather than what you already believe as this is called "Debate. org", not "Opinion Poll. com" My opponent argues that laptops can do work, can be used for chatting, email, and much more. That's all fine and good, but what my opponent neglects to mention is the many ways a laptop can figuratively bite it's recipient in the butt. Below, I will list several problems with laptop usage #1. Hackers. Throughout the decades, hacking has become a problem in the computer community. Through hacking, one can seize any information of his/her choosing. Got any documents that boss entrusted to you from work? Got any personal information in your computer's hard drive? Due to hacking, all of that information can be compromised. To SOMEWHAT (as in not completely) prevent the chance of hacking, you have to spend extra money to buy a security program. If you think that's bad, you have to constantly spend money if you hope to permanently keep the security program up to date. #2. Viruses. These pesky digital beast have been a problem just as long as hacking has. Unlike security breaches manifested from hacking, they are extremely common and can still slip past even the latest security program. You can receive a virus through opening an email or merely clicking on a website. There are even some viruses which cannot be dealed with no matter how much money you pay out to have your computer fixed. Due to them, your computer has about 5-7 years (on average) (the latter if you can constantly spend money through updating) of usage before you need to buy a new one. #3. Spam. If you think advertising is bad on TV, you haven't seen anything yet. Spam exist in many forms. There is spam that LITERALLY FLOODS your email box, there is spam that pops up in additional windows when you click on a website, and there is spam which advertisers secretly download to your computer. If you're a computer novice, you're not going to be able to deal with any of these. If you at least have a moderate understanding of computers, you can deal with the second one and somewhat deal with the first (as advertisers have found means of bypassing your spam folder), but unless you have an expert understanding of computers, you going to be bitten in the butt by the 3rd regardless of what you do. The best you can do is pay even more money to buy a software program to deal with some of these downloads which you do not know about, but like viruses, even the best software program cannot deal with all of these unknown downloads. #4. Scamming. This problem is by far the worst problem as you can lose all of your money. If you decide to purchase something over the Internet, there is always the possibility that you are giving your credit/debit card information to someone who wishes to scam you. There are currently ways of dealing with scammers, but you must monthly shell a large sum of money for these programs. My opponent suggest that laptops are portable (and thus better), but there are handheld TVs on the market that are sold at reasonable prices, so his point is easily negated. Another advantage TV has is that any program can be automatically recorded and watched at any time of your choosing. This can be done through purchase of Tivo (which sells at a price that even lower class families can afford). TV also has an advantage in that yours kids can enjoy the many console systems which allow them to play video games. While video games can be played on your laptop, the video games there are FAR more options of video games which can be played on TV. Not to mention that laptop video games almost always require that you have the most updated computer on the market the day they are sold. There's also the fact that some of the consoles have Internet access, but do you want to know what the best part is? On these video game consoles, #1, #2, and #3 won't even be much of a problem considering the futility there is in attempting to employ them against video game consoles (much less your television). My opponent neglects to mention that all films can be played on a television, provided that they are in VCR or DVD format. I now stand ready for my opponent's rebuttal.