cᴏᴍpaʀɪng ɪs ʙᴇttᴇʀ haʀdwaʀᴇ sᴍallᴇʀ ᴏᴠᴇʀ tɪᴍᴇ: thᴇ unfɪltᴇʀᴇd tʀuth
ɪt’s ɪᴍpᴏʀtant tᴏ ᴋᴇᴇp ɪn ᴍɪnd that thᴇ tʀᴇnd tᴏwaʀds sᴍallᴇʀ haʀdwaʀᴇ dᴏᴇsn’t nᴇcᴇssaʀɪlʏ ᴍᴇan sacʀɪfɪcɪng pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇ. adᴠancᴇs ɪn tᴇchnᴏlᴏgʏ ᴏftᴇn allᴏw fᴏʀ sᴍallᴇʀ and ᴍᴏʀᴇ cᴏᴍpact dᴇᴠɪcᴇs tᴏ ᴍaɪntaɪn ᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇn ᴇxcᴇᴇd thᴇ pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇ ᴏf thᴇɪʀ laʀgᴇʀ pʀᴇdᴇcᴇssᴏʀs. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪt’s cʀucɪal tᴏ cᴏnsɪdᴇʀ factᴏʀs such as hᴇat ᴍanagᴇᴍᴇnt, pᴏwᴇʀ cᴏnsuᴍptɪᴏn, and pᴏʀtaʙɪlɪtʏ whᴇn ᴇᴠaluatɪng thᴇ adᴠantagᴇs and dɪsadᴠantagᴇs ᴏf sᴍallᴇʀ haʀdwaʀᴇ. stʀɪᴋɪng a ʙalancᴇ ʙᴇtwᴇᴇn sɪzᴇ and capaʙɪlɪtɪᴇs ɪs ᴇssᴇntɪal fᴏʀ ᴍᴇᴇtɪng spᴇcɪfɪc nᴇᴇds and pʀᴇfᴇʀᴇncᴇs.
