Minicomputers are used for entertainment, gaming, and other computing tasks such as scientific computations, business-transaction processing, database management, file handling, etc. It is useful for small organizations.
Advantages of Minicomputer
Below are some advantages of using minicomputer:
- Minicomputers are easy to maintain and use
- Minicomputers are smaller in size so that they can be placed anywhere.
- Minicomputers are portable
- Minicomputers are fast
- Minicomputers are reliable
Disadvantages of Minicomputer
Below are some disadvantages of minicomputer:
- Few mini PCs do not have USB ports
- They don’t have a CD/DVD drive
- The users find it hard to operate due to different operating systems
- minicomputer have a small keyboard
- There is not much storage in minicomputers
- It has a smaller display that can be too small for some tasks.