It's fine, my point is if you invest in a desktop, It'll be worth the money.
When people ask about laptops, they usually will be asking for a laptop, but not for a desktop for one simple reason.
Portability.
That one single factor was the growth and success of the basic looking clam-shell design laptop.
I don't have a doubt in my mind that a Desktop can reach more power then a laptop can, but would you be willing to lug around a desktop everywhere? Mouse, Keyboard. monitor, tower, and maybe even more? A laptop cuts those things down to a lot less. A laptop and a mouse for most. I guess you could consider a mouse pad or not actually using a mouse.
I used to see that you couldn't get half the capability of a desktop for a laptop a couple of years back. Look now, you can get a perfectly good $199 laptop if you know where to look, although it would probably be against the law for it to be able to play Skyrim on ultra.
An old hp laptop, back when hp was in its prime was 1000 dollars. It was the top of the line laptop you could get without buying one of those super-clunky/heavy gaming laptops at the time. The laptop had 1 gig of ram, upgrade-able to 2 gigs. 120 gig hard drive. I won't even compare the processors.
I know you have heard this all before so I will stop there because there are probably at least a hundred different pieces of text saying the same thing.
I also want to make the counter-argument for why someone would like to get a desktop instead of a laptop. I am not a person to hold an debate with two+ sides without knowing the other sides' argument.
Power. That's it. Power. You see that old piece of junk you call a new laptop over there? It can't even COMPARE to my desktop. (I am not actually one to hold a super high-end desktop, so I am just going to base this off of what I would say if I did). The desktop can have a lot of power right out of the box, but still keep adding more so you wouldn't be forced to buy a new one every few years so you can at least RUN the newest games. The desktop has been known to be exceptionally great when it comes to things like storage space.
Think of how big games are today... you probably would be holding other things besides games like movies of that HILARIOUS moment you took with a 4k camcorder of your friend getting drunk off that apple-juice over a period of half an hour. THAT would be some serious "gig-age" (Pun intended for those who wish it to be truly intended). What??? That camcorder records the best audio out there for amateur use??? Oh my goodness... oh my da....
A desktop can hold that all no-problem on top of all that other stuff in your desktop. You can just get a new hdd with 3 terabytes instead of just 2 terabytes.
You have a 750 gig laptop now? Uh-oh....
I am sorry for writing a long drawn-out post, I by far am no Hackey5 (Go on to
battlebears.vanillaforums.com and search up about 10 of his posts and you will see that this post is nothing). In reality, if you want the ideal computing system of epic gaming....
You would want a laptop that had great specs for as cheap as a desktop, and be able to interchange most of the parts all for that amazing 5.5 pounds.
That Sovngarde in Tamriel world is not upon us yet. But do not fret, you only have to choose between portability vs everything else.
If you are a "Student" of any age without a definite home other then your parent's, choose a Laptop.
If you have a definite home that you go to every day then choose a desktop.
If you like power, choose desktop.
If you like portability, choose a laptop.
If you like ultra-portability, choose a
laptoptablet.
