In my experience, Rob, today's laptops are brilliant and the way of the future, if not already the way of the present. Unless you're a gamer, I personally think most people are better off with a good laptop. Desktops are already a dying breed and will be the minority in the future (there will always be a place for them, naturally, just not as primary systems). The only reason why I didn't get another laptop is I wanted a certain power level and didn't have the money to get what I wanted in a portable form factor, plus I'd be using the thing mostly stationary, plus I plan on fixing my broken laptop at some point. To me, there's very little advantage to a desktop these days, and, even if you're into gaming, there are some killer gaming laptops now as well, of course you will pay a lot more for those. Laptops are also far easier to dual screen than a desktop, which is a very, very productive way to work.

Of course I say the above with the caveat that I NEVER use a laptop's touchpad--they're awful. I use either a trackball or mouse, which makes the experience quite pleasant.

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